Sweden: Exhibition and Exercises Receive Strong Public Support

On July 26th, practitioners gathered on the plaza in Umea (a town in northern Sweden) to tell people about Falun Gong and draw peoples´ attention to the three year long persecution in China. We displayed a photo exhibition showing the history of Falun Gong, showed the exercises to the public, and held speeches. One practitioner read a poem.

Many onlookers were interested in the exhibition and showed sympathy for the practitioners suffering at the hands of Jiang Zemin’s regime. One female spectator cheerfully said, “Great. Keep on doing what you are doing!” Another person said, “That meditation - it’s so cool! It is good to be able to be so calm.”

During some moments it became quite windy. One flyer was caught in the wind and flew away quite a distance (5 metres), one practitioner had to chase after it. As soon as he caught the flyer in his hand, he gave it to the nearest passer-by. These passer-byes immediately understood: Oh, this must have been meant for us, thank you! They then gladly accepted the flyer.

A reporter from Swedish newspaper Vasterbottens Kuriren together with a photographer came and made an article about the event. The article was published the day after with a picture of one of the practitioners sitting in meditation. The reporter was himself very interested and said he would like to learn the exercises when he had the time.

This event was a part of the Scandinavian SOS-tour, which aimed at drawing attention to the third anniversary of the persecution. The SOS-tour first focused on the major cities, then local practitioners arranged their own hong fa events.