Korea: Falun Gong Invited to 2006 World Peace Parade (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) From March 18 to 19, the 2006 World Peace Parade took place on Geojedo Island. The theme of the parade was "The World Without War" and was supported by diplomats and reporters from 25 countries. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to this grand occasion and their performance was well received.

The atrocities in Sujiatun Concentration Camp shocked officials from all over the world

Practitioners prepared fliers in several different languages to expose the atrocities in the Sujiatun Concentration Camp. The director of the Peace Parade said, "We still do not know much about the incident, but we are firmly against all such human rights violations by the Chinese Communist regime."

Along with seven others, practitioner Suh Gab-suk was named an "Ambassador for Peace."

Falun Gong practitioner Suh Gab-suk was selected as an "Ambassador for Peace" during this grand occasion. She said, "It is hard believe that such evil things can happen on the Earth. How can they harvest organs from live people for profit?! It cannot be tolerated by either gods or human being." Several diplomats said that the case was despicable and that they would comment on it after investigating.

Organizer: "This is Korea, not China"

At 4 p.m. on March 18, practitioners arrived at the event site. The Chinese Embassy to Korea once again pressured event organizers to interfere with practitioners' involvement. One of the persons in charge of the event responded vehemently, "This is Korea, not China. They cannot do whatever they want. Tell them [Chinese Embassy] to talk with me if they call again...."

The practitioners' waist drum troupe rehearsed in the afternoon on March 18 and attracted a large crowd of spectators. People exclaimed, "China, China." The troupe was invited to perform on stage during the gala celebration.

Falun Gong practitioners performed on their waist drums on stage.

The majority of the groups participating didn't present any special performance during the grand parade. In contrast, the Falun Gong group had two Waist Drum troupes, a Tang Attire Dance troupe and a Banner team. The group was consequently very eye-catching along the miles-long parade route. A Romanian official even tried to learn how to play a waist drum during the parade.

Germany's Ambassador for Peace Ferdinand Renz said, "Human rights and freedom must be respected. We are against the Chinese Communist regime's persecution of human rights. We also hope that you [Falun Gong practitioners] can participate in more events of this kind."

The site behind the banner was a POW camp during the Korean Wars

Snapshot of the parade procession

Regarding the growing tide of Chinese quitting the Chinese Communist Party, Panta Nava, an official of the International Friendship Club, said, "The current Chinese communist system has many problems. Human rights violations are severe in all communist countries." He believes that China will soon become a democratic country.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/22/123419.html

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