By Queensland Falun Dafa practitioners
Filled with blossoming flowers, September in Toowoomba is abundant
with the sights and sounds of spring. On September 20, this garden city held
its 54th grand Flower Festival parade and thereby started the weeklong
Flower Festival. This is the fourth time that Queensland practitioners participated
in this grand celebration activity and presented again the greatness and serenity
of Falun Dafa to the tens of thousands of local residents and tourists from
different areas, including many from mainland China.
The parade started at 12 p.m.; the parade route is about 3 km with the sidewalks crowded with When practitioners passed the podium, the host raised his voice to introduce us to the audience: After the parade, practitioners demonstrated Falun Gong exercises on the outdoor stage before Watching Falun Gong Exercises Demonstration
people. Accompanied by the compassionate and solemn Dafa music Pudu, the procession of Dafa
practitioners proceeded slowly. When the float of Dafa practitioners passed by, crowds greeted us
with applause and cheers.
Practitioners' Procession
In the Parade
Float Entering Downtown Toowoomba
Falun Gong Exercises Demonstration
Beauty of Tang Attire
Fan Troupe
“Now the group we see is the Falun Dafa group. Falun Dafa is based on the principles of ¡®Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance.'
It can improve people's health condition, relax the spirit, improve morality and reach inner peace.
Let's give a hand to Falun Dafa!” His voice was interrupted by the warmest applause from the
audience. The mayor, who was on the rostrum, exultantly greeted practitioners whom she knew, and
practitioners also warmly waved their hands to greet her as well as the audience.
thousands of people. They all carefully watched, some even started to imitate the practitioners'
movements, and the whole scene was very peaceful.
Posting date: 1/Oct/2003
Original article date: 29/Sep/2003
Category: Event
