Slovakia: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Banovce nad Bebravou

On Saturday May 26th, 2007, Slovakian practitioners of Falun Gong visited the city of Banovce nad Bebravou in western Slovakia. They set up a petition table with information material and started to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises.

Their demonstration soon attracted passers-by who watched the exercise movements with great interest. Some also read the leaflets distributed by practitioners. Many people, after seeing photos depicting the persecution of Falun Gong in China, came to sign the petition and asked how they could help. There were also people who were interested in the exercises and a few children did not hesitate and started to practice the exercises immediately. One six year old boy could stand with the practitioners for almost half an hour in the second exercise, in which one has to hold his arms up for quite a long time. Nice warm weather contributed to the success of the activity in Banovce nad Bebravou, where about fifty people signed the petition against the persecution of Falun Gong in China.