By a practitioner from New Jersey

(Clearwisdom.net) On March 15, practitioners from New Jersey and New York City attended the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Morris County. This was their third time to be in this parade. More than 70 thousand people watched the parade.

Falun Gong practitioners' Divine Land Marching Band

The band

The Irish American Association of Northwest New Jersey, the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick, and the Trustees of the Saint Patrick's Day Parade co-organized the parade. 122 groups, including 20 bands, made up the parade. Practitioners and their Divine Land Marching Band was the only Chinese group. Spectators warmly welcomed their performances. When they passed the stage, the host of the parade briefly introduced Falun Gong and the persecution of the practice in China.

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/2008/3/17/174521.html

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