Belgium: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong and the Persecution (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) On October 24-27, the ninth staging of the Arts & Crafts Fair took place in the "Grenslandhallen," in the city of Hasselt, Belgium. Falun Gong practitioners have participated in this fair for several consecutive years.

The Falun Gong booth was filled with information about the practice, and practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and showed festival-goers how to make folded paper lotus flowers. Others distributed information about the persecution in China, and promoted the upcoming Divine Performing Arts show in Antwerp. Practitioners at the booth distributed flyers and held regular exercise demonstrations, and presented two stage demonstrations in the center of the fair.

The paper lotus flowers attracted many people and at most times there was not even enough room for everyone who wished to make a flower. Some people waited at the booth for a period of time, because they really wanted to make a flower. At times it wasn't possible to explain the meaning behind the Petals of Peace project to everyone, so practitioners handed out nicely-displayed written information to people, and later offered explanations, which many people appreciated.

An older couple carrying their grandchild approached the booth and asked for a lotus flower for the child and another one for another grandchild. "Coming from Falun Gong, the flowers will bring blessings to our grandchildren," they said. They had attended the Divine Performing Arts Spectacular show last February and said that they felt very much at peace after watching such a wonderful performance.

To promote the Divine Performing Arts show at the booth, practitioners prepared a separate display area where they showed the promotional video and distributed flyers. Several people told the practitioners that they attended the show this year and really enjoyed it. Most of those people who saw the show this year said that they would certainly see it again next year. One woman told a practitioner that she received a ticket for the Divine Performing Arts performance as a birthday present from her two daughters and that she will go back this year for sure. Her eyes shining, she said that it was a very beautiful birthday present.

Many people visited the Falun Gong stand and had very positive reactions. A woman told a practitioner that the Falun Gong booth attracted her very much and that she could really feel good energy. Afterwards, another person told a practitioner that she could also feel a strong energy emanating from the booth. Many visitors were interested in viewing the pictures, photos and other information at the booth.

When an older man heard about the principles Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, he talked with a practitioner for more than half an hour. The practitioner told him more about Falun Gong and gave him more detailed information about these universal principles. After listening for a while, the man said he would really like to read Zhuan Falun, and he immediately bought the book without hesitation.

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