(Clearwisdom.net) The 13th of May was the first sunny and
warm day in the capital of Bulgaria for months. The city municipality gave
permission for holding a World Falun Dafa Day event and supported the
practitioners despite interference from the Chinese Embassy, as was revealed
later by city officials.
A small exhibition was arranged at the entrance of the downtown city park,
Borisova Gradina, in Sofia. The exhibition consisted of six poster boards
showing the history of Falun Gong all over the world, a big poster detailing the
atrocities of the Communist regime in China in the harvesting of organs from
Falun Gong practitioners in labor camps, and two big banners stating, "Stop the
persecution of Falun Gong" and, "Falun Gong is good." Next to the poster was a
petition for people to sign, calling for an end to the persecution.
People came to find out more by reading the posters and signing the petition
After hearing about Falun Gong, one woman exclaimed: "I know
about Falun Gong from the US. They are very active there. I admire them. I am
very happy that in Bulgaria there are also people who don't think of themselves
first."
A man accompanied by his little daughter said, "I will sign the petition. As
long as Falun Gong is persecuted by communists, it is clear to me. Communists
don't like people who are open-minded and hard to manipulate." He encouraged his
daughter to sign the petition too.
Children received balloons on which was written, "Falun Dafa is good," and
handmade paper lotus flowers, symbols of the purity and beauty of Falun Gong.
One national TV station conducted an interview with practitioners for the
evening news program.
Practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises
and were interviewed for a TV news program
Practitioners demonstrated the exercises and several people learned the
exercises on the spot. Some were interested to learn about the teachings of
Falun Gong whilst others wanted to talk more about the reasons for the
persecution. Most people were very positive and supportive. It was easy for them
to understand why Falun Gong is being persecuted by the Communist regime in
China, as Bulgarians all lived under Communism sixteen years ago.
Some people wanted to learn the exercises on the spot
People were disgusted by the crimes of the Chinese Communist
Party and asked how they could help. They were eager to learn about how Falun
Dafa has helped one hundred million people around the world to be more healthy,
peaceful, tolerant and harmonious. All shared their hope that the persecution
will stop as soon as possible so that innocent practitioners can be saved and so
that the Chinese people will have freedom of speech, belief and association.
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