Florida: Spreading the Grace of Dafa at Celebration of World of Nations (Photos)
By a practitioner in Florida
(Clearwisdom.net) In the month of every May, the Celebration of the World of Nations is held in
Jacksonville, the largest city in north Florida. It has become a popular
activity and thousands of visitors attend. The fourteenth Celebration of the
World of Nations was held this year from May 5 to 7, 2006. Falun Gong
practitioners were invited to participate in the celebration. The month of May this year is the fourteenth anniversary of Falun Dafa's
introduction to the world. In May 14 years ago, Master Li started spreading
Falun Dafa to the public. One hundred million people in over 70 countries have
joined the practice. Falun Gong practitioners attending the celebration included
those from China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Europe, Mexico, Ecuador, representing the
wide spread of Falun Dafa across the world. Practitioners decorated their stall in the spirit of the celebration.
Balloons with words printed "Falun Dafa is good" and paper lotus
flowers decorated the stall. A banner showed the serene practice of
practitioners of different ages. One of the most important activities of the celebration was that visitors
received "passports" and got "visas" from the stalls of
different countries - a stamp or a sticker. In this way, the visitors would
visit all stalls. Practitioners prepared a stamp engraved "Falun Dafa is
good, Truth, Compassion, Tolerance." Several thousand visited the
practitioners' stall and got the stamp in their "passports". The
practitioners explained to them the meaning of the stamp. In the three -day event, practitioners demonstrated the five-set Falun Gong
exercises to the visitors continuously. Many people stopped to watch and ask for
information. Practitioners explained and distributed handouts to introduce Falun
Gong and the persecution in China. They called more people to help end the
persecution. For those who have known Falun Dafa, the practitioners exposed
CCP's atrocities of live organ removal and called for their help to stop the
persecution. A group of high-school students learned the meditation exercise. They all
said they felt relaxed and peaceful. One 10-year-old boy brought his friend
after learning the paper lotus flower folding and exercises. After hearing that many children in China become orphan because their parents
are persecuted by Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a lady said that she would
print more postcards calling for President Bush to help rescue the orphan. She
has a printing business. She will call for more people to help those orphans
being persecuted in China. Many visitors said that they watched the news about Dr. Wenyi Wang shouting
at the White House and supported her action. Many people expressed great concern
about the live organ removal and asked how to help to stop the atrocities. A lady from Dalian, Liaoning Province, China was surprised to see Falun Gong
practitioners. Though she paid attention to news in the Epoch Times, this was
her first time to talk directly with practitioners in the US. She said that two
of her neighbors in China suffered a lot in last six years from CCP persecution
because of practicing Falun Gong. They did not waver in their determination to
practice. She said she felt the power of belief. During the three days, the paper lotus folding attracted many people. They
were touched by the stories behind. A practitioner studying in University of Florida said, "What I was moved
most was that all practitioners cooperated like one body. There were
practitioners of Chinese, American, Vietnam, and Spanish-speaking heritages.
They explained the facts in their own languages. Many children came to learn how
to fold paper lotus flowers. In the process, they got to know the persecution
and that children of their age in China are being persecuted, just because that
their parents do not give up their belief." A practitioner who just came to US from China was also touched. This was her
first time to tell people freely the grace of Dafa and CCP's brutal persecution
in the event together with so many fellow practitioners after the persecution. At the end of the event, the practitioners sent greetings to Master on behalf
of all practitioners in Florida.
Falun Gong practitioners' stall
Stamp of "Falun Dafa is good, Truth, Compassion, Tolerance"
Learning and teaching the exercises
Media interview
A practitioner from Vietnam explains the fact to his countryman
Many people learn folding paper lotus flowers
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/5/12/127517.html
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