(Clearwisdom.net) Kawaguchi World Festival Fusion 2009 was held in Kawaguchi, Japan, on July 25 and 26, 2009. The Divine Land Marching Band participated in the festival for the first time and gave a wonderful performance.
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The Divine Land Marching Band performs |
| Falun Gong exercise demonstration |
The festival had a rich and colorful performance program, including the Mannheim String Band from Germany, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and a dance group from Hawaii. It was the first time the Divine Land Marching Band and little Falun Dafa practitioners from the Minghui School had participated in this festival, but as soon as they showed up on stage, passersby and customers at nearby shopping centers were all drawn to the stage. They watched the performance and rewarded practitioners with warm applause.
Young practitioners from the Minghui School performed the Ribbon Dance and Tibetan Dance. They also demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises with adult practitioners. Many people learned the exercises that day.
Dressed in ancient Chinese uniforms, the Divine Land Marching Band played solemn and glorious music. The audience rewarded them with waves of warm applause and recorded the precious moment with cameras and camcorders. They readily accepted brochures about Falun Dafa and paper lotuses.
A Japanese BMW sales manager that happened to be showing cars near the square repeatedly praised the professional performance. He said he would read the Falun Gong introduction materials carefully. A Chinese student told the reporter that he had seen a Falun Gong flyer on an electricity pole when he was in China. He watched the performance with intense interest and was very touched. He said he would tell his family and friends about it.
Mr. Masuda, one of the organizers of the festival, told the reporter that the festival invites a foreign art group every year. The band, made up of Falun Dafa practitioners of different nationalities, gave a memorable performance.
