Australia: Falun Gong Takes Part in Canberra's Harmony Parade (Photos)


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The contingent of Falun Gong practitioners

(Clearwisdom.net) There is a national multicultural festival held in Canberra, the capital city of Australia, each year. This year they added a new event, the "Harmony Parade," to bring people with different cultural backgrounds together for a joyful event. This is the first big parade of the festival, composed of over 60 different organizations and community groups.

The parade was held on the afternoon of Saturday, February 18. Despite the hot sun, people in different ethnic costumes lined up joyfully in the central area of the city. The parade started at 4:00 p.m. and lasted nearly two hours. Participants joyfully sang and danced, attracting the crowd's attention.

The Falun Dafa contingent presented a spectacular entry of more than 150 people with waist drums, fan dancing, a float with exercise demonstrations, and ladies in beautiful traditional Tang Dynasty costumes. The commentators mentioned that the practitioners' contingent was the largest and most colorful entry in the parade. Afterwards, the parade judges announced that the practitioners' contingent won the award for the "Best Themed Entry."

Practitioners from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra participated in the parade.

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Waist drums
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Fan Dancing
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Ladies in traditional Tang Dynasty costumes
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Exercise demonstration on the float
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Young practitioner waves to people


Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/2/20/121217.html

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