By a Falun Gong practitioner in Missouri
(Clearwisdom.net) On July 4, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from St.
Louis, Missouri once again participated in the Webster Groves Independence Day
Parade. When the practitioners applied to participate in the parade, the application
deadline had already passed. But because of the practitioners' impressive
performance last year, a special exception was made for the Falun Gong group. At
the time of a preparatory meeting with the parade organizers, all the
practitioners were at the Chicago Experience Sharing Conference. In order to
support Falun Gong, a practitioner's husband (who doesn't practice Falun Gong)
volunteered to attend the meeting and represent the group. On the morning of July 4th, when the practitioners were decorating
the float, people from other groups and the parade organizers came by and wanted
to know more about Falun Gong. They wanted to know what Falun Gong is and they
asked about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. When they left, they took
many truth-clarification flyers. Some said that they would come to
the practice site to learn the exercises. The parade started. In the Falun Gong procession, four women practitioners
dressed in beautiful orange, yellow, green and pink Tang Dynasty costumes
presented the spectators with a graceful elegance. Along the parade route,
people applauded and cheered when the Falun Gong procession passed by. Comments
such as, "So beautiful!" "I like it!" "Pretty
float!" "I like that music!" or "Great! Falun Gong!"
were heard. Falun Gong is no longer a stranger to many of the spectators and
they greeted the practitioners as friends. Some children pressed their hands
together in greeting. Distributing truth-clarification flyers People took flyers and asked questions about Falun Gong. 1,200 flyers ran out
quickly, before the parade was even halfway finished. The practitioners felt
regret for the spectators who didn't have the chance to read the
truth-clarification materials, but they explained the facts to them briefly. The parade finished successfully. The practitioners were very happy that they
brought a special gift, the beauty of Falun Dafa and the truth of the
persecution in China, to the people at the Independence Day parade.
Falun Gong procession
Falun Gong procession
Exercise demonstration
Falun Gong procession
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/7/6/105574.html