(Clearwisdom.net) The 21st New Year's Day Parade in
London was held on January 1, 2007. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to
participate in the festivities. Setting off from Parliament Square at 12 o'clock
noon, the parade passed by Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Regent Street, and
Piccadilly Circus and ended at Berkeley Street. More than ten thousand
performers representing 20 countries from around the world participated the
parade. A half million spectators lined the parade route.
In the very front of the Falun Gong section, three Chinese characters in
purple and edged with gold representing, "Truthfulness, Compassion,
Tolerance," clearly showed Falun Gong's cultivation principles. They were
immediately followed by a big banner with the words, "Falun Dafa" in
Chinese and English.
Right after the float was the Fan Dance performed by female Falun Gong
practitioners in beautiful, traditional Chinese dress. Accompanied by the music
of "Falun Dafa Is Good," they danced gracefully along the road. The
spectators were impressed with the delicate movements of the Chinese traditional
Fan Dance.
Behind the Fan Dance came the banner phalanx. The banners and scrolls
delivered important information to people, including, "Falun Gong has
spread to more than eighty countries worldwide," and, "More than a
hundred million people have benefited physically and mentally from Falun
Gong."
Along the parade route, practitioners gave the spectators a New Year's gift
-- an exquisite lotus flower. Introductory information about Falun Gong was
printed on bookmarks attached to every lotus flower, so that more people will
understand the truth of Falun Gong.
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