Indonesia: Practitioners Hold Activities to Celebrate the Twelfth Anniversary of Falun Dafa's Introduction

It has been 12 years since Falun Dafa's introduction in 1992. In a blink, it is about to enter the 13th year. In order to welcome this special occasion, Falun Gong practitioners in Jakarta, Indonesia began holding a series of activities from 6:00a.m. on May 9, 2004 in Xunmeng Garden in Anzu.

Commemorating the 12th anniversary of Falun Dafa's Introduction	Besides veteran practitioners who teach the exercises, the rest are new practitioners
Practising the exercises on the beach, passersby stop and look at many truth clarification photos depicting Falun Dafa's widespread around the world	A little girl doing the exercises

Group practice

Xunmeng Garden (Seeking Dream Garden) is Indonesia's favourite place for fun. The garden in holiday pulls in more streams of people. They like jogging along the sea wall, exercising in a group on the beach, swimming in the shallow sea or simply taking a walk, to idle a day away. Falun Gong practitioners' colourful banners, truth clarification photos displayed along the sea wall about the widespread of Falun Dafa around the world, and the latest photo of Master teaching the Fa, attracted many people passing by to stop and watch, or silently read the words on banners.

When the exercise music began, hearing Master's voice instructing the order, people who were walking stopped, and many people stopped and listened after running several laps, and curiously asked for detailed information from practitioners who were distributing truth clarification materials at the sea wall. When they learned that they could practise the exercises free of charge, many people took the initiative to request to join the group to practise the exercises. Some veteran practitioners voluntarily stopped practising the exercises and began instructing others.

Seeing practitioners sitting in meditation with their legs in lotus position, passersby showed an interest and smiled. Some people were reluctant to leave even after the music stopped. One of them simply sat among practitioners and had a conversation with them. He said he knew a little Chinese and also knew that Falun Gong is being persecuted in China. He watched practitioners doing the exercises until the end and expressed that he wanted to learn more about Falun Gong. While accepting practitioners' truth clarification VCDs, he said he had read some information the other day but they slandered Falun Gong. Now he has learned in person that Falun Gong has no political agenda like the rumours that were spread. He also asked about where the money comes from to make truth-clarifying materials. When he learned that the money is from practitioners' savings, he looked at the materials in his hands, and could not utter a word.

The practitioners distributed balloons with the words "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" and "Falun Dafa is good" to children who smiled happily to get them. Their parents were also pleased to see their children's happiness. A little girl followed her mother to do the exercises. When her mother was tired and wanted to leave, the little girl was reluctant to leave and continued her practice.

When practice site coordinators from different places arrived, the practitioners sat in a group on the beach and shared cultivation experiences: how we should do in the last leg of our journey of cultivation, how to do better based on Master's teachings and walk on the path arranged by Master, taking the Fa as teacher and striving forward diligently.

While taking photos, everyone read silently: Indonesia Dafa practitioners respectfully celebrate World Falun Dafa Day and the 12th anniversary of Falun Dafa's introduction.