(Clearwisdom.net May 15, 2003) On May 13, 2003, Dafa practitioners from
Ottawa and Montreal gathered in the rain at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the
capital of Canada, to celebrate the 11th anniversary of Falun Dafa's
introduction. Although it was drizzling, colorful festival costumes and
decorations, festive and happy atmosphere and novel and unique art performances
fully displayed the peacefulness and goodness of Falun Dafa's
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance," and attracted many people to watch. The
celebration lasted more than two hours, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
With the help of a colorful huge balloon, a large-scale banner with the words, "Falun Dafa," "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" was hung in the sky. Dafa practitioners in bright golden T-shirts demonstrated the five sets of exercises to the beautiful exercise music. A photo exhibit introduced many precious historic scenes during the 11-year widespread of Falun Dafa. In front of the torch of Parliament Hill, seven large-scale handmade pink lotus flowers formed a "stage," Montreal Falun Dafa practitioners in traditional Chinese costumes performed the dance, "Ode to Lotus Flowers" and Fan Dance, "Coming for You." Ottawa practitioners performed guitar music and traditional Chinese martial arts. Practitioners also sang together, "Falun Dafa is good" and "Be Saved." The practitioners' wonderful performances earned high praise and loud applause from the audience who gathered in the rain.
During the celebration, tourists from different countries requested Dafa truth-clarifying materials to have a thorough understanding of Falun Gong. They expressed their understanding and support for Falun Dafa. At the same time, people also saw clearly Jiang regime's brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners who believe in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance," and the fact that Jiang is going to be brought to justice around the world.
We also interviewed several Western and Chinese practitioners during the performance. One of the dancers, Montreal Dafa practitioner Yang Dongdong said, "As a beneficiary of Falun Dafa, I sincerely hope that more kind-hearted people around the world can share with us the goodness and happiness obtained from cultivating Falun Dafa. On the occasion of the 11th anniversary of Falun Dafa's introduction to the public, we hope to take this precious opportunity to convey the boundless beauty of Falun Dafa and Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance to Ottawa's people and more kind-hearted people in the world. This is my biggest wish." One of the coordinators of the celebration, Western practitioner Janet said, "At the final precious moment of following Master to do Fa-rectification, everyone of us takes in charge a lot of work of spreading the Fa and offering salvation to people. Practitioners are very busy. The success of the celebration is indeed achieved through practitioners' concerted efforts. "
