Spain: Introducing Falun Dafa and Revealing the Persecution in Catalonia (2): Attending the Spring Festival in Gav

On June the 6th 2004, after giving an introduction on Falun Gong in Molleruss two weeks ago, Falun Dafa practitioners were again invited by the “Nature and Environmental Protection Association” in Barcelona to attend their Spring Festival gathering in Gav city, Catalonia, and help more people learn about Falun Dafa.

The “Spring Festival” is a traditional festival held annually in Gav city. This year, the organisers held various kinds of activities in the neighbouring forest and prepared Paella, enough for more than a thousand people. This activity attracted thousands of people from different cities.

Dafa practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises at the entrance and distributed flyers. The beautiful music and peaceful exercises immediately attracted a great number of people to stop and watch with curiosity. Before the activities began almost everyone took flyers and other materials about Falun Dafa.

After Falun Dafa practitioners applied for an official time slot to introduce Falun Gong and demonstrate the five sets of exercises, the organisers apologised and said that the schedule was already packed for the one-day activity and there was really no room for additional items. The practitioners then went to a grassy area nearby to do the exercises by themselves. When the exercise music began, a girl came and expressed her interest to learn. After a while, another three people arrived. It happened that more and more people came to learn Falun Gong exercises. Many of them were just passing by to begin with, but joined the group without hesitation. After finishing the fourth exercise, we found surprisingly that the grass area and way beyond was filled with people who came to learn Falun Gong. How eagerly people want to learn Falun Gong and to know the truth about Falun Dafa!

Before lunch, the practitioners briefly introduced Falun Dafa to those who came to learn the five exercises and described the cruel persecution of Falun Gong currently taking place in China. It was difficult for them to believe the great cultivation way they just experienced is suppressed so brutally. When the introduction concluded, people expressed their support for the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners with warm applause.

A lot of people wanted to stay and learn the fifth exercise. While everyone was sitting in meditation, a team of reporters from a local TV station arrived. Firstly, they shot a picture of practitioners doing the exercises. When the reporters discovered that it was Falun Gong, one of them said, “Yes, Falun Dafa. I know about Falun Gong, and I saw in the newspaper about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. It seems to be a very peaceful and quiet practice though.” They made some interviews with practitioners and asked for different information materials. Finally, they happily said goodbye to the practitioners.

On that day, there were still a lot of people with predestined relationship who came to understand the truth about Dafa. We are truly happy for them.