Local Events
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France: Practitioners in France Host Mid-Autumn Festival Party in the Paris Chinese Culture and Education Centre
2002-10-08On September 29 2002, during the traditional Chinese mid-Autumn Festival celebration, the French Falun Dafa Association hosted a celebration party at the Paris Chinese Culture and Education Center. Over 200 guests from all walks of society came to the event. -
Slovakia: Promoting Falun Gong in the Major Cities of the East
2002-10-07Between the 26th and 29th September 2002, Falun Gong was promoted in a few cities in Eastern Slovakia. To begin with, the practitioners from Slovakia and Czech republic gathered in front of the Chinese embassy in Bratislava to peacefully appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong in China. -
Denmark: Dafa Practitioners Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions during the Asian Cultural Festival
2002-10-03With rich and colourful banners as the background and accompanied by the song Falun Dafa is good, practitioners gracefully performed different dances. Their beautiful performance and pure and righteous energy field attracted more and more people. -
Sweden: Family Gathering in Biskopsgarden - Long Lasting Impressions of Dafa Practitioners' Peaceful Behaviour
2002-10-01Falun Gong practitioners were invited to take part in a health and family gathering in Biskopsgarden, a suburb of Gothenburg. -
France: Practitioners Reveal the Facts about Dafa in the Streets of Paris
2002-09-30Practitioners in Paris came to the centre of the city to demonstrate exercises and clarify the truth about Dafa. They set up exhibition boards and used a projector to show videos which attracted the passing pedestrians. -
Ukraine: Falun Dafa Practitioners Are Invited to Attend a Local Newspapers Celebration Parade
2002-09-29The celebration began with a parade across the entire city ending at the central park. Although the Chinese Embassy put pressure on all of the Ukrainian media, after one year of of learning about Dafa and meeting the practitioners, the reporters were very supportive. -
Introducing Falun Dafa in a Ukraine School
2002-09-28Recently, practitioners held a Falun Dafa introductory class at a school in Ukraine, which attracted great interest from both students and teachers. All of the attending students wanted to learn the Falun Gong exercises. -
Presenting the True Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong to the Business Community
2002-09-27During the Europe Asia Business Forum in Denmark, practitioners distributed "business packages", which contained facts about how the persecution of Falun Gong affected business in China. -
UK: Falun Gong Student Society Takes Part in University Freshers Fair
2002-09-26I spoke to a girl from China who was very surprised to hear that I (a westerner) practise Falun Gong. She said you would be arrested in China, arent you frightened? I told her that we are free to practice in peace in the UK and the rest of the world. I did my best to kindly explain to her that the media reports about Falun Gong in China are not true. -
Germany: Clarifying The Facts During Shanghai Week in Hamburg
2002-09-26Most people who went there were the Germans who were interested in China, or who often went to China through their work. Many of them are noted people in religious and academic circles. -
Germany: Activities during Worldwide Peace Day in Frankfurt
2002-09-25On Monday September 16 2002, 25 German Falun Gong practitioners participated in the Worldwide Peace day in Frankfurt.Left: Passersby reading information on the persecution of Dafa in China on display boards. -
Romania: Promoting Falun Gong on a Tour Around the Country
2002-09-25Several Romanian practitioners residing in Canada, Sweden and the United States, accompanied by local practitioners, have started a tour around Romania to let people know about practice of Falun Gong and the brutal persecution in China. -
Denmark: Latest Events in Copenhagen
2002-09-25Practitioners held a peaceful vigil outside the hotel used by the Chinese delegation. When the Chinese agents saw the practitioners they immediately put pressure on the Danish police to remove them. Practitioners revealed the facts about the persecution to the Head of the Police for that district and the Administrator from the Local Government. They both confirmed that practitioners could stay in front of the hotel so that they could be visible to the delegation. -
Music and Dancing During the Europe-Asia Summit
2002-09-25During the Asian Commens Cultural Festival in Copenhagen, Falun Gong music and dancing could be seen every on every corner throughout the city.Left: The Lotus Flower dance -
Copenhagen: Opening Speech at the European Fa Conference, September 22, 2002
2002-09-24Practitioners in Europe are cooperating better than ever before. We have realised that we still have a long way to go in order to fulfill our goals, but we can certainly say that we can and will speed up our steps.