Norway, Denmark, and Taiwan: Introducing Falun Gong at Community Events
(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners regularly hold activities and participate in local community events to introduce the practice to the public and raise awareness of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ongoing persecution.
Practitioners demonstrate the exercises at these events, and also clarify the truth and hold signature drives. They ask people to sign their petition to condemn the persecution, especially the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners.
The following are reports from local events in Norway, Denmark, and Taiwan.
Norway: Introducing Falun Gong in the Annual Ringerike Day
Five Falun Gong practitioners from the Norwegian capital city of Oslo and surrounding cities drove to the scenic municipality of Ringerike on September 7, 2019. They participated in the annual Ringerike day held in Hønefoss, the administrative center of the municipality.
They set up a booth to introduce Falun Gong to the public. Many companies and organizations from all walks of life had gathered there and had promotional booths. This year also happens to be an election year in Norway, so representatives of the major Norwegian political parties took advantage of the event to promote their parties. The whole event was charged with a busy democratic atmosphere, which made the small town busy and lively.
Local students learn the Falun Gong exercises.
A group of students visited the Falun Gong booth and listened to a practitioner introduce the practice. They all then learned the Falun Gong exercises on the spot.
Falun Gong practitioners also distributed fliers to passersby, and many people read the fliers right away. After hearing that the CCP persecutes Falun Gong practitioners in China, and even kills practitioners for their organs, many people were appalled and expressed deep sympathy.
A practitioner distributes fliers to passersby.
After reading a flyer carefully, a woman shed tears of sympathy for the practitioners who are persecuted in China. She hugged the Falun Gong practitioner who gave her the flyer.
Many other kindhearted local residents read the fliers and listened to practitioners explain what Falun Gong is and the horrors of the 20-year-long persecution in China. People were more than happy to sign the petition protesting the persecution.
People sign the petition protesting the persecution.
Horsens, Denmark: People Learn About Falun Gong at Health Expo
Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark participated in a health expo held in Horsens on September 7, 2019. Many visitors asked practitioners about Falun Gong and then wanted to learn the exercises on the spot.
People talk with Falun Gong practitioners.
Birgitte and her husband talked with a practitioner in front of the booth. They thought that the principles of Falun Gong, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, were very good. The practitioner talked to them about benefits of practicing Falun Gong and gave them several examples.
Birgitte said, “This is what we need. We hope to have a healthy body and mind. Yes, spiritual factors and the physical body influence each other. We will join your group practice.”
The practitioners held a free workshop during the health expo to introduce Falun Gong. They also offered free exercise instruction on demand, and many visitors learned the Falun Gong exercises during the expo.
Else, assistant of the expo's organizer Karen, learned the exercises and said, “I will learn Falun Gong after rearranging my schedule.”
Taiwan: Introducing Falun Gong in Chiayi
Falun Gong practitioners in Chiayi have held group practice and activities to raise awareness of the CCP’s persecution in parks and scenic sites on Saturdays since the end of 2018. Many tourists and local people have expressed interest in learning Falun Gong after reading the fliers and watching the exercise demonstration.
Falun Gong practitioners have a group practice in a park.
Group practice at a scenic site
Group practice in a park
Group practice in a park
A practitioner distributes fliers in a park.
A practitioner teaches the Falun Gong exercises to passersby in a park.
Distributing Falun Gong newspapers in a park
A local resident watched the practitioners' exercise demonstration attentively. He told a practitioner that he often saw their group practice in parks. A practitioner talked about the benefits of practicing Falun Gong from the perspective of improving health and feeling uplifted spiritually. The resident learned the exercises on the spot and later joined a nine-day Falun Gong workshop to learn the practice.
A local citizen learns the Falun Gong exercises in a park. He later participated in a nine-day Falun Gong workshop to learn the practice.