United Kingdom: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day in London (Photos)
By a practitioner in the UK
(Clearwisdom.net) The 13th of May, 2006, was the seventh annual World
Falun Dafa Day. UK Falun Gong practitioners celebrated the holiday with various
programs including singing and dancing at St. Martin's Square in the center of
London. Onlookers happily accepted leaflets and gave warm applause to the
practitioners who were performing. Falun Gong was made public on May 13th, 1992. For fourteen years it has been
spreading in China and abroad by word of mouth, purifying people's minds and
bodies. Now the practice has spread to nearly eighty countries and regions
across the world. The first annual World Falun Dafa Day was established on May
13th, 2000, shortly after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute
Falun Gong. Practitioners performed dances entitled, "Falun Dafa is good,"
"Fast Spinning Falun," and "Praising Lotus Flowers." They
also sang a song called, "Singing Praises of Master," wishing their
revered Master a happy birthday. Practitioners also demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, which caught the
attention of shoppers and tourists. Some asked practitioners for details of
practice sites, hoping to learn Falun Gong. As the inhuman persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese
Communist Party is still being carried out, the atmosphere of the festivity had
a touch of grief because of the 2,800 Falun Gong practitioners in China who have
been persecuted to death by the evil party. There is also continued concern for
practitioners in China who are still being locked up in places such as labor
camps, concentration camps and brainwashing classes. Practitioners hung photographs depicting Falun Gong's spread around the
world, practitioners in all countries practicing together, and evidence of Falun
Gong practitioners being cruelly persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. The
brutal persecution shocked people and they expressed their indignation at the
CCP's evilness. Many signed the petition calling for justice, condemned the
CCP's persecution of Falun Gong and called on the UN and the UK Government and
international organizations to thoroughly investigate labor camps and other
places in China where Falun Gong practitioners are imprisoned. Many signed the petition condemning the CCP's persecution of
Falun Gong A woman from Malaysia and an English woman said to the practitioner
distributing leaflets, "We know that Falun Gong is being persecuted by the
CCP and we support Falun Gong practitioners." While distributing leaflets, Joan, a practitioner from Manchester met an
English man and they talked for a long time. After that, the man told Joan:
"I think that many people will learn Falun Gong. The leader of the next
Chinese regime will probably permit Falun Gong to become a part of the Chinese
people's way of life." Joan told us that when she was peacefully protesting in front of the Chinese
Consulate in Manchester not long ago, she met a young couple whom she had met
before when taking part in an activity in another city. The young man told Joan:
"As soon as I get permanent residency in the UK, I will stand with you
outside the Consulate to protest against the CCP which is so evil." Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200605/33194.html
Fan dancers
Young disciples demonstrate the fifth Falun Gong exercise, the sitting
meditation
A practitioner sings a song entitled, "Set Them Free"
Chinese version available at
http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200605/52139.html
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