(Clearwisdom.net) On September 15 and 16, 2007, practitioners took part in the UK's biggest free arts festival. This was the sixth year that practitioners have been invited to join.
Many watch a demonstration of the exercises
People surround the Falun Gong booth
Practitioners' procession in closing ceremony of the art festival
During the festival, practitioners' stall was located in the centre of Birmingham. As festival-goers gathered around, practitioners distributed leaflets to them and demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises. Practitioners felt people's concern and in terms of Chinese people's attitude towards the leaflets, there was a significant difference to last year. Most people were happy to receive leaflets; many people sent their blessings for the peaceful appeal which Falun Gong practitioners are carrying out against the persecution. Many Chinese people stopped in front of our stall, watching practitioners' exercises demonstration and carefully listening to practitioners' explanations before taking a copy of the Epoch Times editorial, the Nine Commentaries back home with them. One practitioner saw four young Chinese students in front of the stall and then gave them an information VCD and a Chinese Nine Commentaries, and they all strived to be the first to get a copy.
There was a music stage not far away and the sound from the loudspeakers was deafening. Some of the spectators said with surprise when they saw practitioners doing the exercises, "The rock music is so noisy, how can they be so tranquil?" The peaceful and tranquil exercises attracted passers-by and people watched practitioners doing the exercises with interest for quite a while. Many people asked about the exercise practice site and expressed their wishes to learn. A guy from our neighboring stall watched practitioners doing the exercises for a long time on the first day. The next day, when practitioners were doing the exercises, he learned the exercises along with them.
As well as manning a stall, practitioners also joined the stage performances, performing a couple of traditional-style dances. Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese traditional dress also demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises on the stage. During the day, when the festival concluded, the Falun Gong group also took part in the closing parade activity.
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