Indonesia: Falun Gong Practitioners' Parade in Medan (Photo)

By a practitioner in Indonesia

(Clearwisdom.net) On March 26, 2005, more than 300 practitioners from Jakarta, Surabaya, Bali Island, Semarang, Pasaruan, Batam, Tanjung Pinang, Sidoarjo and Pasuruan, Indonesia; San Francisco, USA; Taiwan; Singapore and Malaysia formed a procession of around one kilometer and held a parade from East Golden Cloud Square. The parade lasted one and a half hours, traversing about four kilometers. The parade concluded at Independence Square.

At the forefront was a large banner with the words "Falun Dafa," followed by a waist drum team. Practitioners proceeded in the rain, but they looked not the least bit discouraged by it, and were even invigorated by it. A group of practitioners held up a lotus flower in both hands, and a model of Zhuan Falun was placed at the center of the flower. A float was decorated with colorful lights, and practitioners demonstrated the exercises on the float and reenacted torture methods being used in China to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Under police escort, the procession moved along East Golden Cloud Street, where many Chinese people lived. People in the vehicles across the street were curious and surprised at the appearance of traditional Chinese costumes in Medan for the first time. Some residents said, "This is the most splendid thing we've seen here in Medan."

The waist drum team marched in the front of the procession

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