On Sunday August the 14th, Falun Gong practitioners participated in the San Rocco celebration activity held in Magnano. Every year, the Virgin Mary Ascension Day is held in this medieval little city. One day before the activity, two Chinese Falun Gong practitioners wrote down “Falun Dafa” in Chinese and Italian on top of yellow umbrellas. In front of the banner with “Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance” were petition signature collection tables and Falun Gong leaflets in various languages.
When practitioners were setting up display boards exposing the persecution and cruel torture happening in China, owners of the stores in the neighbourhood could not wait to ask questions. When they saw the photos of practitioners of how practitioners are cruelly tortured by Chinese Communist Party officials (CCP), they were all shocked to believe that such things still happen in the world today. A great number of people signed their names on the petition calling for an end to the persecution without hesitation and gave their best wishes to Falun Gong practitioners. The store owners came to the stand one after another; almost all store owners came to ask questions and get Falun Gong flyers.
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In the afternoon when more and more people came, practitioners told them about Falun Gong and the human rights abuses against practitioners in China. People expressed their sympathy and sincere sorrow. The cruel torture and the beauty of Falun Gong became a vivid contrast. As it was a holiday, fellow practitioners gave balloons reading “Falun Gong is Good” in different colours to little children.
When the activity ended, the City Mayor came to the display stand to personally express thanks to Falun Gong practitioners.
Originally published in Italian at http://it.clearharmony.net/articles/200508/1379.html
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