Exhibitions and Cultural Events
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Russia: First "Truthfulness Compassion and Tolerance" International Art Exhibition Held in St. Petersburg
2006-05-06On the bank of the beautiful Neva River and just opposite the Smolny Palace is the St Petersburg Artist's Association Exhibition Hall, where the first “Russian ‘Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance’ International Art Exhibition” was held. It is an international art exhibition of figurative painting, sculpture and traditional Chinese painting. -
Germany: Introducing the Book ‘The Persecution of Falun Gong’
2006-04-30On the 2nd of March 2006, a public introduction to the book The Persecution of Falun Gong was held in the cultural centre of Braunschweig city in Germany. The activity was co-hosted by the local student human rights group and the author of the book Manuel Horth. The event lasted about two hours. Horth made the opening speech and then read out a few selected extracts from the book. Some of the people attending the activity were Falun Gong practitioners who had personally experienced the persecution in China. They shared their stories with the audience. Jack Aura played the piano. The musician is a member of “Playing Music for Human Rights” international group. He has been actively involved in opposing the persecution of Falun Gong for many years. -
Germany: Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance International Art Exhibition Opens in Dietzenbach
2006-04-18The Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition is being held in Dietzenbach, Germany. The artworks were created by a group of artists who are Falun Gong practitioners. Their work expresses their personal experiences of cultivating according to Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance through their art works. -
Geneva Statues Expose Chinese Communist Party Crimes and Support 10 Million CCP Withdrawals
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Holland: Raising Awareness about the Persecution with Picture Exhibitions in City Centres
2006-04-04Dutch practitioners have been using their Saturdays to hold picture exhibitions in the Dordrecht, Den Bosch and Zutphen city centres to expose the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong, calling for support and collecting petition signatures to support suing former Chinese Communist regime leader Jiang Zemin, who is responsible for launching the persecution. -
Slovak Republic: Truth-Compassion-Tolerance Art Exhibition in Bratislava
2006-03-27On Tuesday February 21st, in the House of Culture in Vajnorska Street, the Truth-Compassion-Tolerance art exhibition opened. The director of House of Culture attended the opening ceremony. One of the organisers guided visitors through the exhibition and introduced them more thoroughly to individual pictures, artists and themes. -
Ireland: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution at the International Body, Mind and Spirit Exhibition
2006-03-26For three days practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and performed some traditional Chinese-style dances such as the Lotus Flower Dance. In addition, they explained to the audience about what Falun Gong is and the continuing persecution, which has been going on for nearly seven years. -
France: Paris Gala Makes People Proud to be Chinese
2006-03-04This Gala awakened Chinese peoples’ memories of traditional culture and made them feel proud to see such a magnificent performance by their fellow countrymen. This type of display of traditional culture has been banished from its home in China since the Communist Party snatched power there over half a century ago. -
Germany: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
2006-02-26On Saturday February 3rd, 2006, in Ludwigshafen, a town on the banks of the River Rhine, Falun Gong practitioners gathered to tell local people about Falun Gong and the inhumane persecution that Falun Gong practitioners are suffering in China. Falun Gong practitioners set up their information desk and a poster display on the pedestrian street. -
Russia: Journey of Fa-Rectification Photo Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod
2006-02-18The Journey of Fa-Rectification Photo Exhibition was held in Nizhny Novgorod from February 3rd to 13th. More than forty photos introduced the story of Falun Gong. A stream of people went to visit the exhibition and learned about Falun Gong’s history as it spread to over seventy countries. People also learned how to fold paper lotus flowers. -
Czech Republic: Exhibition Presents the Creative Works of the Persecuted
2006-02-08Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. That’s the title of the exhibition on show at the Kralovopolska Gallery in Husitska Street. It’s an exhibition of paintings by Chinese and western artists, all of whom are practitioners of Falun Gong. -
Finland: Falun Gong Photo Exhibition Tours Lapland (Part 4)
2006-01-29In spring 2005, we contacted several libraries in Lapland and made enquiries about holding a Falun Gong photo exhibition. Most people knew about Falun Gong already and even those who didn’t were interested to hold the exhibition and find out more. Because of the great interest we continued to hold the photo exhibition in late autumn. -
Ukraine: Painting Exhibition in a Small Farming Village
2006-01-25Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners held a painting exhibition in a small farming village from January 20th to the 22nd. They introduced to the villagers the rapid spread of Falun Gong throughout the world and the truth of the persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese communist regime in China. Paintings by practitioners were on display in the exhibition. -
Latvia: Truth, Compassion, Tolerance International Art Exhibition Held in Riga
2006-01-19"Thank you Falun Gong practitioners for organising such a beautiful art exhibition. There are around a hundred million practitioners all over the world peacefully practising Falun Gong and following the principles of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance. There is a brutal persecution going on in China ... " -
Scotland: Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance Art Exhibition Appreciated by the People of Glasgow
2006-01-17From the 4th to the 14th of January, 2006, the Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance Fine Art Exhibition was held in Hillhead library, Glasgow, Scotland. On display were a total of twelve paintings. Over the course of ten days the paintings touched many people's hearts and allowed people to understand the truth about Falun Gong on a deeper level.