Australia: Mighty Falun Gong at Chinese New Year Parade in Sydney

The annual Chinese New Year Parade in Sydney was held on February 11st, 2007. The Falun Gong procession, composed of the Divine Land Marching Band, an Exercise Demonstration Float and Flower Fairies, won waves of applauses and praise with its righteous spirit and refreshing and beautiful appearance. Parade spectators took out their cameras, camcorders and mobile phones to capture the beautiful parade procession of Falun Gong. The reporter heard praise as she walked through the crowd: "Falun Gong is the best procession after all!" "Falun Gong is powerful! No wonder the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] is about to collapse..."

The colourful Falun Gong procession is well-received

Falun Gong practitioners perform for an attentive audience

The audience enjoys the Divine Land Marching Band

Waist-Drum Troupe Showed Mighty Power

The paraded started at City Hall. Falun Gong practitioners got permission from the Sydney police to give a performance across the street from the City Hall on the day of the parade. They arrived early and unfolded a huge banner with golden words, "Falun Dafa." The Divine Land Marching Band in blue and the Waist-Drum Troupe in golden suits were eye-catching against the blue sky. As the music of "Falun Dafa Is Good" arose, the majestic momentum took over and swept away any gloominess. All people who came to join the parade or watch the parade were merged in the music and sound of the drums. Their hearts were greatly moved and inspired, especially those people from China. They looked confused and surprised at first, but they were soon in deep thought.

CCP Sabotage Behind the Scenes

Mr. Chen Yonglin, a former diplomat who defected from the CCP, had exposed how the CCP Foreign Affairs' Department, Department of Culture and Travel Bureau had taken advantage of holidays to export the CCP culture since 2003. To improve its public image and deceive Western society, the CCP invested a huge amount of money and sent close to one thousand entertainers from Guangdong, Beijing and Inner Mongolia to participate in the celebration of Chinese New Year in Sydney this year. The CCP swindled some Chinese Australian groups to put on a well-planned show. As dissenter Mr. Sun Liyong said, as the true situation in China continued to be exposed, the Australian people saw more and more clearly the terrible human rights situation in China. The CCP used the Chinese people's money to paint itself in glowing colours in vain during the Chinese New Year celebration in Sydney. It pretended to be powerful but ended up showing its weakness.

Out of fear of Falun Gong practitioners' truth-clarification, the CCP intervened in activities in the Chinese community through CCP-controlled Chinese groups, attempting to suppress the influence of Falun Gong. A member of the Chinese New Year Celebration Committee verified the CCP's attempts in private. He said that the CCP had asked them to try blocking Falun Gong and related groups from the parade. "The less, the better," they said. So the committee limited the number of participants in each parade group to less than fifty. However, to avoid complaint from other groups, the CCP broke down its large group into several smaller groups and managed to put several hundred people in the parade.

The people, young and old, whom the CCP managed to find for the parade were not skilled performers. Their processions looked scattered. Some were confused about the situation. Some were even afraid to participate in the parade. They returned their costumes and refused to participate in the parade on the spot, by saying there didn't feel well.

Chinese Officials Walked Away Early to Avoid Falun Gong

A viewing stand was built in the centre of Chinatown. Chinese Ambassador Chuan Yin and Consul General Qiu Shaofang were seated on the stage. When everyone was concentrating on the parade, the two CCP officials left the stage in a hurry. It turned out that the Falun Gong procession was approaching.

Falun Gong practitioners, holding the "Falun Dafa" banner, politely saluted with eyes to the stage. Following them were the Divine Land Marching Band, a beautiful float and a fairy dance troupe. Their precise marching, majestic music and outstanding costumes won warm applause. Spectators were fascinated by the beauty of Falun Dafa.