By Minghui reporter Zhang Yun

(Clearwisdom.net) On March 16, local Falun Gong practitioners took part in the 21st Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Toronto. Among 47 groups, Falun Gong practitioners' Divine Land Marching Band was the only Chinese contingent.

Falun Gong practitioners' group

The Divine Land Marching Band

According to Mr. Jack Fernes, the organizer of the parade, seven groups representing minority communities in the city, including Polish, Chinese, Greek, and Portuguese, participated in the parade. Mr. Fernes said, "The Divine Land Marching Band performed in the parade last year. People like their performances. We are glad to see them again this year. They are a great representation of the Chinese community."

David Devall was the one of judges of the parade this year. He said, "The Divine Land Marching Band is excellent. They did a wonderful presentation."

Mr. Yu, a Chinese immigrant, watched the parade with his daughter. He had high praise for the band. He said, "I know Falun Gong is a good group. I also know about the persecution of the practice in China. The Communist Party is the origin of all the disasters in China. Chinese people will not have happiness until the Communist Party collapses."

Posting date: 3/19/2008
Original article date: 3/19/2008
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/3/17/174533.html

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