Germany: Practitioners Participate in the Bielefeld Cultural Festival (Photos)

By a German practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) On June 4, 2005, Germany's Ninth Bielefeld Cultural Festival was held, and around 1,500 people from seventy organizations participated in a featured parade. It was the second time for Falun Gong to participate in parades in Bielefeld.

Practitioners' procession

Exercises demonstration on a float

Practitioners from Bielefeld and other nearby cities came to the staging area of the parade very early to prepare for the parade. While some were busy with float decoration, others rehearsed dancing and waist drum performances. The parade commenced at 3 p.m. The practitioners' group was led by the waist drum troupe, which was followed by a float on which practitioners were demonstrating Falun Gong exercises. The traditional Chinese fan dancers were at the end of the group.

The waist drum troupe

Practitioner dancers

Though the weather was not so good, it didn't affect the crowd's enthusiasm. The traditional Chinese cultural performances presented by Falun Gong practitioners attracted people's special attention. Many people clapped along with the drumbeat. There was a Chinese man who loudly cheered us on. Many people took pictures of the practitioners' peaceful and graceful demonstration of the five sets of exercises on the float. The dancing performed by practitioners to the beautiful music of "Falun Dafa is Good" won warm applause. A middle-aged man came over to talk to the dancers and said that he saw Falun Gong's parade at the Frankfurt Cultural Festival last year, and that he especially enjoyed the music of "Falun Dafa is Good." The crowds were also very pleased to accept Falun Gong leaflets, as well as the paper lotus flowers delicately made by practitioners.

Exercises demonstration on the float

Distributing fliers

At the beginning of the parade, the weather was not stable and some practitioners were not familiar with the drumbeats or dancing. However, with the practitioners' concerted collaboration and righteous thoughts, the parade was very successful. The beauty of Falun Dafa fascinated the onlookers, and the practitioners were so pleased to see that so many people had learned about Falun Gong from this event.

Source http://clearharmony.net/articles/200506/27025.html

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/6/7/103501.html

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