Washington DC: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Grand Independence Day Parade (Photos)

By practitioners in Washington DC

(Clearwisdom.net) On the morning of July 4, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from the New York Metropolitan and Washington DC areas participated for the fourth time in the Independence Day Parade held on Constitution Avenue in the capital city of the USA. They displayed Falun Dafa's wonderfulness to local people and visitors, and were well-received.

The weather was fine and the temperature was agreeable. It is estimated that more than 500,000 people were present for the series of celebration activities, including the Independence Day Parade.

Over the past several years, through Falun Gong practitioners' persistent truth-clarifying efforts, many American people have learned about the facts of Falun Gong to differing extents. A middle-aged western man saw Falun Gong practitioners in the parade and said to the writer, "They (refer to practitioners) are good people."

The Falun Gong practitioners' contingent was composed of a float with practitioners demonstrating the exercises, a celestial maidens group, waist drummers and a flag group.

Falun Dafa banner in both Chinese and English

Falun Dafa and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance flags in both English and Chinese

Huge crowd of spectators

Exercise demonstration and young practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts on the float

Waist drum performance Celestial maidens group

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/7/6/105602.html

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