(Minghui.org) Danish and Swedish Falun Gong practitioners celebrated the 32nd anniversary of World Falun Dafa Day and the birthday of Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, at the City Hall Square in Copenhagen on May 11, 2024. The practitioners thanked Master for his compassion, held activities to clarify the facts about Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), and showed the exercises to the public.
Danish and Swedish Falun Dafa practitioners celebrated the 32nd anniversary of World Falun Dafa Day, and the birthday of Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, at the City Hall Square in Copenhagen on May 11, 2024.
Outside the city government building, the practitioners held up a banner displaying the words, “The whole world celebrates 5.13 World Falun Dafa Day” and played the calming exercise music. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, distributed brochures about Falun Gong to passersby, and told them the significance of the day’s activities.
Carole Caulier is a Falun Dafa practitioner of French descent who works as a teacher at a university. She lives in Malmö, Sweden’s third largest city. She said that she was particularly happy to be able to participate in the Falun Dafa Day celebration.
Falun Dafapractitioner Carol (front) said, “Thank you Master for bringing a whole new meaning to my life.”
Carol continued by saying, "I have been cultivating in Falun Gong for 25 years. Since I began cultivating, I have learned the true meaning of life, and the truth of being a human being. That is why I do my best to act in accordance with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and try to be a good person in the situations I face in everyday life. The principles help me to handle different situations, for example at work and as a mother of three children. I have made a special trip to Copenhagen today just to say to people what I think: Falun Dafa is good! Thank you Master for bringing a whole new meaning to my life."
Practitioners clarify the facts about Falun Dafa to passersby.
Among the endless stream of passersby, many were attracted by the calming scene of practitioners doing the exercises, and slowed down and watched the practitioners’ exercise demonstration. Some talked with practitioners and wanted to know more about Falun Dafa. Many people signed the petition to express their support for practitioners’ wish for freedom of belief.
People who understood the truth signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution, showing their support for Falun Gong.
Marda, a resident of Greenland, a Danish self-governing island, took the initiative to pick up a pen and sign the petition after listening to the practitioners clarify the truth about Falun Gong.
Marda said that she was longing to read the two Falun Dafa books, Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun. Practitioners told her that they could be downloaded for free from the Falun Dafa website. She said that when she returned home, she would ask her children to help her find the Danish Falun Dafa page on the Internet. She was ready to learn how to practice Falun Dafa, and was very happy when the practitioners introduced her to the free information, books, and videos of the teachings on the Internet.
In the end, she hugged the practitioners and said, “I want to meet you again. Falun Dafa is good! I want to be reborn through practicing Falun Dafa and be a good person!”
Marda from Greenland said that she wanted to practice Falun Dafa and be a good person.
A young man from Gothenburg came to Copenhagen for the weekend. He walked to the event site, and after listening to the practitioners tell him the facts about Falun Dafa, he asked if practicing Falun Dafa can improve a person’s physical condition. Because of the side effects of a vaccine as a child, he could not sleep well. He could not concentrate on work and studies, and could not concentrate, which caused tension and anxiety. A practitioner told him that after cultivation, people can purify their minds, improve their physical condition, relieve tension and anxiety, and become calm and happy. He expressed great interest.
After learning about the practice, a young man from Gothenburg, Sweden said that he wanted to learn and practice Falun Dafa, as well as join practitioners in telling people about the practice.
When he was told about the 25 years of Falun Dafa practitioners’ unremitting efforts to end the persecution, and fight for the right to freedom of belief in peace and rationally, he said, “Can I join you? I also want to put on yellow clothes and help you distribute information.” Practitioners welcomed him, and told him to study and read more about Falun Dafa, and start by learning the practice himself, since it can be downloaded for free from the internet.
Some Falun Dafa practitioners went to the Chinese Embassy in Denmark on the morning of Falun Dafa Day, Monday May 13, and unfurled banners reading “Falun Dafa Day is celebrated by the whole world” and “Falun Dafa is good.” This was to tell the staff of the Chinese Embassy about the event, and understand what is important.
Practitioners demonstrate outside the Chinese embassy, clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa to the embassy staff.