United States: California Residents Thank Practitioners for Bringing Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to Their Independence Day Parade

Falun Gong practitioners from the North California Bay Area were invited to participate in the annual American Independence Day Parade. They displayed Falun Dafa's greatness to the local people, who gave the practitioners a warm welcome. Falun Gong practitioners' banner reading "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" was very eye-catching. The citizens said, "Welcome for bringing us Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance."

A Falun Gong practitioner said the organiser of the parade contacted him and told him that Falun Gong practitioners stood out in last year's Independence Day parade, and they hoped we would participate again this year.

That day, young practitioners from performed a lovely "Little Flying Angels Dance". Practitioners from different places of the Bay area performed a "Dragon Dance"; and performed unceasingly in the Falun Gong procession and won warm applause from spectators. Practitioners also demonstrated Falun Gong exercises for the crowds.

The organisation thanks practitioners for their wonderful performance.

Wherever the Falun Gong contingent passed by, people would express their admiration and constantly say, "Wonderful."

A resident saw the banner reading, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" in practitioners' hands, and said excitedly, "Welcome, you who bring us Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

One spectator had been smiling and waving to the Falun Gong practitioners. She asked practitioners what the group was called. When she heard it was the Falun Gong group, she said that she had read about Falun Gong in the newspaper, and she knew that the Chinese Communist Party prohibits people from practising Falun Gong in China. The practitioners told her that people do not have freedom of belief in China, and many people have been tortured to death for practising the exercises. People in other countries all can practise the exercises freely.

Many residents of Chinese origin saw Caucasians in the Falun Gong contingent. They were amazed and shouted, "Look, Westerners." Practitioners learned that they came from Mainland China, and asked them if they had heard about Falun Gong. They said, "We did, and Falun Gong is quite good."

When the parade concluded, the organiser issued a certificate of appreciation for practitioners, thanking practitioners for their wonderful performance in the parade.