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Falun Gong Waist Drum Team Performs in Philadelphia Independence Day Parade

World NewsJuly 8, 20180Comments

As the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the first capital of the United States, Philadelphia’s annual Independence Day celebration is grand and lasts for a week. The Falun Gong group's waist drum team was invited to perform in the Philadelphia Independence Day parade on July 4, 2018, making this their 18th year of…

Germany: Elected Officials in Lunen Learn Falun Gong Exercises at Cultural Festival

World NewsJuly 8, 20180Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in Germany participated in the 35th Cultural Festival on Willy-Brandt-Platz in Lunen on June 30, 2018. They told about the benefits of practicing Falun Gong and demonstrated the five exercises on stage. Elected officials and local residents followed along to learn them. On this beautiful sunny Saturday, crowds of people converged on Willy-Brandt-Platz…

Toronto, Canada: Learning Ancient Meditation at Annual Strawberry Festival

World NewsJuly 8, 20180Comments

Toronto Falun Gong practitioners participated in the Whitchurch-Stouffville Strawberry Festival on June 30. Many people were happy to learn about Falun Gong during the Canada Day celebrations and some learned the exercises at the event. Located about 30 miles north of Toronto, the festival tradition started in 1984 and has become one of the major…

Oil Painting: Reflection

InsightsJuly 8, 20180Comments

Canvas, 32 1⁄4 inches wide and 55 inches high In the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), no one knows exactly how many have been persecuted to death. Practitioners all over the world often hold candlelight vigils in front of Chinese embassies and consulates to commemorate fellow practitioners who have…

“Code of Revelation” Moves Audience in New York Screening

World NewsJuly 8, 20180Comments

Code of Revelation, the first production of New Century Film, was screened on April 29, 2018, to 100 residents in Orange County, New York. The film won the Grand Prize Award at the Canada International Film Festival in March 2018. The film is based on the testimony of a police officer in China who witnessed…

“This Is What I Really Need!”- Introducing Falun Gong at Community Events

Australia NewsJuly 1, 20180Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in Melbourne, Australia participated in community events in two nearby towns, Violet Town and Rutherglen, on June 9 and June 10, 2018. They introduced Falun Gong, a traditional Chinese cultivation practice, and exposed the communist regime's persecution of the practice in China. The monthly market in Violet Town is the oldest and largest market…

Cornwall, UK: Introducing Falun Gong at the Golowan Festival

World NewsJuly 1, 20180Comments

Falun Gong practitioners participated in the Golowan Festival, a musical and cultural celebration of midsummer, for the eleventh time in Penzance, a coastal city in Cornwall, UK, on June 23-24, 2018. The practitioners set up a stand early in the morning, where they provided information about Falun Gong. They demonstrated the exercises, distributed Falun Gong…

Bulgaria: Citizens Learn the Facts about Falun Gong on Bulgarian Culture Day

World NewsJuly 1, 20180Comments

May 24 is a major Bulgarian holiday dedicated to Bulgarian education and culture and to the Cyrillic alphabet. Falun Gong practitioners in Sofia, Bulgaria, took the opportunity to raise awareness among citizens and tourists about the brutal and not so well known persecution of Falun Gong in China. The practitioners displayed banners on the busiest commercial…

Master Li Hongzhi Lectures to Ten Thousand Falun Gong Practitioners at DC Conference

World NewsJuly 1, 20180Comments

Nearly ten thousand practitioners from 56 countries and areas attended the 2018 Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference held at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Master Li Hongzhi arrived at the conference at 2:00 p.m., and lectured for one hour and 45 minutes, including a question and answer session.…

Thousands March in Washington D.C., Call for End of Persecution

World NewsJuly 1, 20180Comments

More than 6,000 Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners from around the world held a march in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, June 20, to draw attention to the 19-year persecution of Falun Gong in China and to call for support in bringing about its end. Led by the Tian Guo Marching Band, the march took…

Missouri, USA: Introducing Falun Gong at ‘Life Outside’ Festival in St. Louis

World NewsJune 17, 20180Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in St. Louis, Missouri, participated in the 3rd “Life Outside” Festival on Creve Coeur Lake on June 9, 2018. Practitioners have been introducing Falun Gong and exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution at this increasingly popular event since its inaugural year in 2016. A steady stream of interested people visited the…

A Bulgarian Seaman Takes the Path of Falun Dafa Cultivation

Insights, World NewsJune 17, 20180Comments

I’m a seaman from Bulgaria. I started practicing Falun Dafa about two years ago. I had some issues with my neck and upper back before I began cultivating. For years I experienced pain starting from my back and then slowly expanding to my neck and evolving into severe headaches, for which I regularly took painkillers.…