(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners from different areas of Colombia gathered in the city of Tunja on November 1, 2025, the day before the seventh Colombian cultivation experience sharing conference.
They held a demonstration of the Falun Dafa exercises in an outdoor area at the Unicentro shopping center. Although the city’s climate is cold due to its high altitude—2800 meters above sea level—it is also known for its warm, friendly people, and has a reputation for being an academic center of Colombia, home to many universities.
In this environment of open conversation and thought, practitioners contributed their voices to the discussion. They handed out flyers to inform passersby about the benefits of the practice and to help people learn about the persecution of Falun Dafa in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Practitioners also performed with waist drums, which made an impression on the Tunja residents who were passing by in the afternoon.
Practitioners demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises in front of the Unicentro shopping mall in the city of Tunja.
Waist drum team performance
Practitioners raised awareness about the CCP’s persecution since 1999 and how this persecution has caused countless deaths, many of them victims of state-sanctioned forced organ removal.
Many people were stunned to hear about the persecution of Falun Dafa, as they did not know that the Chinese regime had resorted to these barbaric practices. Practitioners also collected signatures to denounce the persecution, both in China and around the world. Many people signed the Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) petition calling to stop the atrocities.
A person signs the petition to stop the CCP’s forced organ harvesting in China.
Practitioners’ Commitment to Spirituality Impresses Journalist
Jorge Valero is an educational consultant who runs a local newspaper called Infomedia. He already knew about Falun Dafa through a friend who is a practitioner, and said that the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are very appealing to him.
“Seeing the gathering here today, I feel something very special, very beautiful. It is not common to find such a large group committed to their spirituality. It is also something new for the public, and I find it very valuable that you are disseminating and making known what Falun Dafa is,” he said.
He said the CCP’s persecution has significance not only for those who suffer from it, but for all of humanity. “Every person should be free to do, think, and be where he or she wants to be,” he said.
Jorge Valero was impressed by the presence of the spiritual group.
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Rubi Salamanca has a degree in music and teaches theater and singing. After observing the practitioners demonstrating the exercises, she said: “I feel a kind of illusion, like I want to be there with them doing the exercises. I sense an energy of peace, tranquility, and even healing.”
Although she had seen practitioners before in a park, she had thought they were practicing some kind of Tai Chi. Now, after having more direct contact with the practice, she said that she finds it very beautiful.
“As for the three principles on which Falun Dafa is based—Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance—I think they are fundamental and universal. Compassion is something we need to practice as a society,” she said. “Forbearance, likewise, is essential; just look at everyday situations, such as when in traffic no one knows whether to yield or to move forward. We need to apply these principles to improve as a human community. It is a reflection that arises even at this very moment as we see the practice.”
She disapproved of the persecution of Falun Dafa in China. “I think that when someone tries to do something good they often face situations like this. We must be consistent, and support just causes, even though it is inevitable to feel outrage and, at the same time, fear. Fear at the thought of how someone can persecute and mistreat another human being, denying him or her the right to live a full life. I am completely against [the persecution],” she said.
Rubi Salamanca was moved by the peaceful energy of the Falun Dafa exercises.
Nurse: Forced Organ Harvesting “Deeply Inhumane”
Nursing assistant Sandra Lopez learned about Falun Dafa and its principles and was impressed by the practice. She said Falun Dafa “conveys peace, tranquility and a message that can significantly contribute to the well-being of those who know and practice it.”
She said the practitioners’ efforts to raise awareness of the persecution was very valuable.
“As a nurse’s aide, I consider the situation of forced organ removal from Falun Dafa practitioners to be deeply inhumane,” she said.
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