European Divine Land Marching Band Performs in Heidelberg (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) Heidelberg is not only famous for its 600-year-old Heidelberg University, the oldest university in Germany, but also for the most gorgeous castle in Europe-Heidelberg Castle. The castle enjoys status similar to that of Versaille. Its beautiful scenery made impressions on the famous poet Goethe, and also on French writer Victor Hugo. On June 22, 2008, magnificent music resounded in front of the ancient Heidelberg Castle. The European Divine Land Marching Band came to Heidelberg to play five songs: "Falun Dafa is Good," "Fa Drums and Fa Trumpets," "Ode to Joy," "The Fa Rectifies the Universe" and "Delivering Treasure."

The European Divine Land Marching Band performs in front of the ancient Heidelberg Castle

Members of the band range from teenagers to those in their seventies. They come from various nations, and speak an assortment of languages. But they all share a common wish-to demonstrate the beauty of Falun Gong to listeners through music.

The band performs along the pedestrian streets of Old Town

Many tourists happily accepted Falun Gong truth-clarification materials handed out by practitioners. While watching the performance, a young mother with her baby in her arms danced to the music. Some tourists snapped photos of the band. After the performance, lodgers near the castle leaned out of their windows to applaud.

In addition to the castle event, the band also performed along the pedestrian streets of Old Town. Two ladies were seen dancing to the music, and many coffee shop patrons applauded the band. An older couple followed the band the whole way and praised, "Fantastic, brilliant."

Members of the band range from teenagers to those in their seventies. They come from various nations, and speak an assortment of languages. But they all share a common wish-to demonstrate the beauty of Falun Gong to listeners through music. They also hope the truth can be known through the music so that people can learn more about innocent Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. In the past year or so, members of the band have performed across Europe on their own time, paying their own expenses, and the beautiful music played has been appreciated by many. The performance at Heidelberg was the band's twenty-seventh event.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/6/24/180871.html

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