Finland: Falun Gong Exercises Attract Many People’s Attention at an Art Festival in Helsinki

Falun Gong practitioners participated in the celebration activities at Hesperian Park in downtown Helsinki during the 20th "Art Night" on August 21, 2009, to promote the benefits of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) and expose the Chinese Communist regime's ten-year-long persecution of Falun Gong, with the aim of urging people around the world to help put an end to the persecution.

The demonstration of the Falun Gong exercises attracted a lot of people’s attention

A reporter films the scene of practitioners’ demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises

As the "Art Night" is the culmination of the Art Festival, the park and the streets were packed with people. In Hesperian Park, Falun Gong practitioners unfurled an eye-catching "Falun Dafa is Good" banner, and set up display boards showing that Falun Dafa is popular in over 100 countries around the world. During the event, they collected signatures of support on a petition against the persecution of Falun Gong. Several young female practitioners donning beautiful ancient Chinese costumes gave away information flyers and folded paper lotus flowers to passers-by.

Though there were various cultural and artistic activities in the bustling park, the Falun Gong practitioners’ performance stood out. The demonstration of the five sets of the Falun Gong exercises along with the peaceful music attracted a lot of people’s attention, and many people stopped to watch the performance. Some filmed the peaceful scene, others accepted the flyers distributed by practitioners, and others talked to practitioners to find out more about Falun Gong. Many people praised the demonstration saying, "Very beautiful!", "Very peaceful". Some people even suggested that practitioners should do the exercise demonstration at various other places in Helsinki.

Some visitors learn the Falun Gong exercises

Some visitors asked participants for more information about the Falun Gong exercises, while a woman took the initiative to learn the exercises on the spot after listening to the practitioners’ introduction and watching the exercise demonstration.

People came one after another to sign to support Falun Gong and to help put an end to the persecution perpetrated by the Chinese Communist regime, after they realised the goodness of Falun Gong and the true facts of the persecution it is suffering.