In May 2003, around the time of the 11th anniversary of Falun Dafa's introduction to the public, Dafa practitioners of Canada's capital, Ottawa, held large-scale activities to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day.
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On May 10, 2003 Edmonton Dafa practitioners celebrated the 11th anniversary of Falun Dafa's Introduction in a park beside the bustling farmers' market. Practitioners decorated the park with colourful banners and balloons and the westerner practitioners scattered colourful flowers on the sidewalk. In a short ceremony, the practitioners read poems to express their gratitude to Master. Practitioners read four proclamations of "Falun Dafa Week" from nearby cities and congratulatory letters from two cities. Next, the practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts, clarified the truth [about the persecution in China] and demonstrated the five set of exercises. Many passersby stopped to watch the demonstration. Children happily ran around with flowers and balloons in hand.
On May 11, 2003, practitioners of Edmonton held a small Fa sharing conference. Every attendee felt the conference was sacred, dignified and touched everyone's heart.
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To celebrate the 11th anniversary of Falun Dafa's Introduction, World Falun Dafa Day and Canada Falun Dafa Festival, Montreal Falun Dafa practitioners organised rich activities at Zhongshan Part in Chinatown on May 10, 2003.
The activities started with over 30 practitioners practising the exercises together. Some of them were wearing beautiful Tang Dynasty Costumes. Next, several practitioners gave speeches to introduce the spreading of Falun Dafa over the past 11 years and exposed the crimes of China's brutal persecution of Falun Gong. They praised many countries and governments that accepted Falun Dafa and proclaimed Dafa. In the end, they called on more people to learn about Falun Gong and cherish "Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance" and select a good future for themselves. The practitioners performed "Tang Dynasty Costume Show," "Come Just for You," and "Heavenly Lady Dance," which won much applause.
City Council member Henri-Francois Gautrin sent a congratulatory letter to practitioners and Master. In the letter, he said, in face of challengers, Falun Dafa practitioners showed their great compassion and endurance.
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