The 5th of May is an important religious holiday for the people of southern Holland who were celebrating the festival in the little town of Hoensbroek by having a big market. At nine o’clock in the morning, countless tents were already lined up on both sides of the street by the central square. People displayed articles for daily use, clothes; art works etc; also held performances of dancing and music concerts. Soon, people were pouring in from all directions.
On the main street, an orange tent attracted extra attention from people and this was our Falun Dafa display. Some Dutch and Belgian practitioners came to let people know about Falun Gong and expose the persecution. The banner reading “The world needs truthfulness, compassion and forbearance” looked very solemn and magnificent; there were books and music, DVDs of the exercises and information about the persecution. Making paper lotus flowers and giving out balloons brought out more of the holiday atmosphere.
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| Practitioners talking with shoppers | Chatting to people | People stopped and watched the exercises |
In the noisy crowd, this was a peaceful area; practitioners demonstrated the five exercises to people. Many people stopped and watched, and asked for information about exercise classes. When some people received flyers about the persecution of the practitioners in China, they said they would like do their best to help stop this persecution.
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| A little boy was happy to receive a balloon | Learning how to make paper lotus flowers | People interested in Falun Gong |
A lady received a newspaper about Falun Dafa and said, "This is the third time I’ve received the paper, it looks like I should start to practise now."
In the afternoon, thousands of balloons printed with “Zhen Shan Ren” (Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance)had been distributed. Falun Dafa balloons were flying around everywhere.
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