(Clearwisdom.net) From November 18 to 21, 2010, the annual multicultural festival was held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Several hundred booths set up by various ethnic groups with various foods, cultural and art works, and informational materials attracted many visitors. Local Falun Gong practitioners participated in this event for the seventh year to introduce Falun Gong.
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The first two days were especially for students. Though practitioners had two booths to teach the exercises, they were still crowded. Those who were interested in learning the exercises needed to stand in lines. One practitioner taught the exercises, while another explained them to spectators. Before teaching, the practitioners briefly introduced Falun Gong and its spread around the world and exposed the brutal persecution in China. After the exercise class, the practitioners distributed flyers and reminded people to remember "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance".
A group of high school students were laughing and making fun of each other when they arrived. After learning the sitting meditation, they became quiet and serene. Some said that they would visit Dafa websites to get more information.
There was a large number of students in another group. After the first group learned the exercises, the teacher attempted to have all of them leave, but those who were not able to learn the sitting meditation begged the teacher to stay a little longer. As it appeared they had no more time to stay, the practitioners presented a small lotus bookmark to the teacher. The teacher said he would hang it in the classroom to let more people know about "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance".
In the evening on Friday, the visitors were mainly family-based. Seeing the serene practice demonstration, people paused and asked for more information about Falun Gong and the persecution in China. Many expressed their interest to participate in group practice. Some learned the exercises on the spot. Some said that they learned the exercises before or from online and practiced at home.
A lady talked with a practitioner, "I practice sitting meditation. But I felt your sitting meditation is different as I can feel you have a strong energy field." The practitioner told her that Falun Dafa consists of exercises and xinxing cultivation with the latter being more important. She was happy to learn that and said she would contact the practitioner later to learn Falun Dafa.
