(Minghui.org) Practitioners participated in the Riverside Concert at Hiroshima Peace Park on October 14, 2024. They demonstrated the exercises and introduced Falun Dafa (Falun Gong), to the public. A member of the organizing committee said, “Thank you for bringing us these beautiful programs.”
Introducing Falun Dafa
Hiroshima is known as the “City of Water.” Falun Dafa practitioners have participated in this concert several times and received positive feedback. They were invited to participate this year.
They demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises, recited stories, played the piano, and did calligraphy. There were many Western tourists, so practitioners held the event in Japanese and English.
Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises during the Riverside Concert on October 14.
As the practitioners were demonstrating the exercises, some people started copying their movements. When the children’s stories were being told, many children came to watch, and some mothers took photos with their children. After the piano performance, some audience members asked that the piece be played again.
Practitioners read the story The Amazing Rice.
A practitioner plays the piano
A practitioner writes the characters for “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
A practitioner explains the characters for “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and talks about her experiences.
After displaying her calligraphy, Ms. Fujita talked about her experiences after she began practicing Falun Dafa: “I wrote ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ These are the principles of Falun Dafa, and I use them to guide my words and actions every day.
“Nine years ago, I found a Falun Dafa flyer in my mailbox, and my daughter and I decided to give it a try. Before I began practicing, for 33 years I had severe headaches, insomnia, and hay fever. Because of my work in calligraphy, I also developed tendonitis, and my fingers hurt. But two months after I started practicing Falun Dafa, I realized I’d forgotten to take my headache medicine. That’s when I realized all my health problems were gone. From the bottom of my heart, I want to tell everyone, ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’”
After the performances, some in the audience said they were moved to tears. A member of the organizing committee said, “Thank you for bringing us these beautiful programs.”
Doing the Exercises Together in Hiroshima Peace Park
Practitioners also did the exercises together that afternoon.
Practitioners doing the exercises in Hiroshima Peace Park
October 14 was a national holiday in Japan, and many residents and tourists visited Hiroshima Peace Park. Some saw practitioners doing exercises from a distance and came closer to watch. Many people took flyers. A couple from Israel said they had heard of Falun Dafa but didn’t know much about it, so they each took a flyer and sat down on a bench to read about it.
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