(Minghui.org) The Orange Blossom Festival was held in Adana, Turkey from March 25 – 27, 2022 with several hundred thousand people attended the popular event. Falun Dafa practitioners took part in the festival this year.

During the three-day festival, practitioners introduced Falun Dafa by participating in a parade, demonstrating the exercises on stage and setting up an information booth. They also taught people how to make folded paper lotus flowers and collected signatures on a petition to end the persecution in China.

Many people were interested in finding out more about Falun Dafa and learned the exercise movements. They were shocked to hear about the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal suppression in China, especially the regime’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting which targets Falun Dafa practitioners. They signed the petition calling for an end to the atrocities.

Practitioners also had an information booth at Merkez Park. Many festival attendees came to the booth to learn the exercises. Practitioners held workshops to teach people to make paper lotus flowers. Many children participated.

Mr. Caner, a member of AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency), wanted to learn the exercises and he also took many brochures. He was shocked when he was told about the brutal persecution in China. He immediately signed the petition.

Another man said after learning of the brutalities, “This is a persecution of kind hearted people in the world.” He also signed the petition.

Emre is 5 this year. He came to the Falun Dafa information booth for two days and earnestly learned the five sets of exercises. He also took a lotus flower as well as a brochure and gave them to his mother. He returned subsequently to ask for more brochures to give to his other family members.

On Saturday March 26 a parade was held as part of the festival. The practitioners’ colorful float was praised by spectators who reached out to get more information about Falun Dafa.

Practitioners were also given an opportunity to demonstrate the exercises on the festival stage. A woman said she felt a warm current flow through her body while she watched the exercise demonstrations. The pain in her spine suddenly vanished.

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