Africa: Introducing Falun Gong to the Public and Media in Tunisia

From December 29, 2003 to January 5, 2004, a fellow Falun Gong practitioner and I held a weeklong activity in Tunisia, Africa to introduce Falun Dafa. We first started our activity in the city of Sousse where we stayed. In the centre of the city, we displayed two photo boards and materials in different languages. We then began to play Dafa music and send forth righteous thoughts. We didn't expect that even before we erected our palms in front of our chest, dozens of people would surround us, and in an instant, more and more people would gather around. So one of us began performing the exercises, and I handed out materials and introduced Falun Gong in English. Local people showed great interest in Chinese qigong [the practice of refining the body and mind through special exercises and meditation.] and martial arts. Within a short while, hundreds of flyers had been handed out. Some people learned to practice the exercises on the spot. Within less than half an hour, several hundred flyers in Arabic were distributed. We also met with two visitors from Germany and Belgium who showed great interest in our exercises and asked how they could find Dafa practitioners in their countries. I was so pleased to be able to meet these predestined people here who came from afar.

On the second day we went to Tunis, a major city where the media outlets are located. We visited six international and local media outlets and gave each of them literature and materials in French and Arabic to introduce them to Falun Dafa and explain the truth. We also gave them truth-clarifying VCDs and music CDs in English. We presented exercise instruction VCDs to those who were interested. Two people showed great interest and had a long conversation with the practitioners. One of them listened to the Dafa music immediately after we gave it to him, and said it was beautiful; the other person visited our Dafa website and showed interest in practicing the exercises. He also kept the photos of practitioners' introducing Falun Dafa in Sushi. When we visited the sixth media outlet, we demonstrated the exercises. In the end, a lady invited us to her home nearby to visit. We taught her to practice the exercises.

Later, we went to two big cities to introduce Falun Dafa. In one of the cities, as soon as we practiced the exercises, several hundred people were attracted. We then visited the only media in the local area. At the beginning, the person in charge of the media was not interested, because he said the Chinese government is too strong. We sent forth righteous thoughts while clarifying the facts to them. He ultimately changed his attitude, and showed great interest in our activity in the city and kept some photos depicting our introduction to Falun Dafa.

There are still many more things worth remembering from our six-day experience, and the effect achieved was beyond our imagination.