It was a chilly day in the Southern Highlands of NSW, with sleet falling gently to the sound of the Scottish bagpipers who lead the parade for the annual Bowral Tulip Festival.
Brightly dressed Falun Dafa practitioners took part in the festival parade, joining the bagpipers, brass bands and vintage cars in the tour through the main streets of Bowral.
A group of Chinese waist drummers dressed in traditional golden costumes provided an eye-catching centrepiece to the Falun Dafa parade, which was lead by Western practitioners holding banners of “Falun Dafa – Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” aloft in the wind.
The locals and tourists gathered along the main road and around the tulip gardens. Many kindly accepted the “Falun Dafa Today” truth-clarification newsletters handed out by practitioners, which contained information about the practice and first-hand experiences of the persecution in China.
The parade ended near the main plaza, where practitioners then demonstrated the five sets of exercises to the onlookers.
Posting date: 28/Sep/2003
Original article date: 28/Sep/2003
Category: Events
