Ireland: Exercise Demonstration and Cultural Performance at a Mind, Body & Spirit Exhibition (Photos)

By an Irish Practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) From March 17 to 20, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners took part in a Mind, Body and Spirit exhibition held in the elegant premises of the Royal Dublin Society.

Falun Gong first took part in this exhibition in 1998. In the following two years, many Irish people learned about Falun Gong through this exhibition and some even began to practice.

Falun Gong exercise demo

Dancing performance

Waist drum performance

Visitors viewing posters and inquiring for more information

Later, after the Chinese Communist Party began to ruthlessly persecute Falun Gong, practitioners in Ireland stopped participating in the annual health exhibition so as to spend more time and energy telling people the truth about the persecution in other ways. This spring, after a practitioner's suggestion, we applied for a booth from the organizer. The organizer was friendly to us and gave us much support and assistance. He was very glad to hear that we wished to join the exhibition. He sent us the application form and related materials right away and promised to give us extra space.

On the evening of March 16, we were filled with complicated feelings when we came to the exhibition center that we had missed for five years. We met with the organizer who greeted us cordially. He showed us the layout of this year's exhibition. The Falun Dafa stall was placed in the most prominent spot. Practitioners displayed peace and tranquility in their meditation.

We overcame many difficulties and set up our stall. Between the pictures of the Falun emblem and the five exercises, we also displayed paintings created by practitioners. The information on the posters included an introduction to the Falun Gong exercises, the facts about the brutal persecution, support from governments and non-governmental organizations, and the legal actions to bring the persecutors of Falun Gong to justice.

This year, with the support of the organizer, we demonstrated the five exercises as well as the Chinese Fan Dance and waist drum performances. These traditional Chinese performances brought a pleasant surprise to the organizer and the audience, and they showed admiration for our hard work.

Those who visited the Falun Gong stall and asked questions showed that they had a better understanding of Falun Gong than five years ago. In a few days, over six thousand leaflets were given out.

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Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/4/15/99654.html

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