Indonesia: Indonesian Areas Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

(Minghui.org) May 13, 2023 marked the 31st anniversary of the Falun Dafa Day, and the 24th World Falun Dafa Day.

To welcome this historic day, Falun Dafa practitioners from different parts of Indonesia held many kinds of public events to celebrate and bring the goodness of Falun Dafa to even more people. The practitioners hope that the audience can feel the true benefits that Falun Dafa brings when it helps its practitioners attain a peaceful soul and a healthy body.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Batam held a series of events on May 13, 2023 to celebrate the 24th World Falun Dafa Day so as to share the wonderful feeling of cultivating in Falun Dafa with the people.

The Series of Celebration Events That are Being Held in Batam

The celebrations on May 13 started off at the city’s largest shopping mall, called Mega Mall. Some practitioners from Singapore and Malaysia also partook in the activities to support the Indonesia practitioners.

The performance started off with the waist drum troupe performances in which more than a dozen performers dressed in golden yellow traditional costumes performed. They attracted many shoppers inside the mall. People from the upper floors and those passing by the stage front, stopped by to watch the performances.

The celebrations on May 13 started off at the city’s largest shopping mall, called Mega Mall. The practitioners introduced Falun Dafa to the audience and taught the exercises, as well as did the exercises with the passersby.

The practitioners then demonstrated Falun Dafa’s exercises to the Mega Mall patrons. Many people immediately followed the practitioners to do the exercise movements, and many of them happily accepted the Dafa truth-clarifying flier and folded paper lotus flower keepsakes that show the words ‘Falun Dafa is Good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is Good’ from the practitioners who were dressed like fairies. Many asked to take photos with the practitioners for remembrance.

After that, practitioners from the three different countries shared their cultivation experiences with the crowd. The shoppers who participated in the group exercise session earlier listened tentatively as the practitioners talked about their personal experiences in cultivation.

Ms. Teoh Chai Im is a practitioner from Singapore. A few years ago when the pandemic broke out, she joined the nine-day class which was held by the Falun Buddha Society (Singapore). She felt that her health improved after cultivating in Falun Dafa. The anxiety and nervousness in the past disappeared and she became more confident. Her character and behavior also changed for the better. In her daily living, she was strict with herself in abiding by the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. On this joyous occasion, she dressed up in a traditional costume to distribute fliers and paper lotus flower keepsakes to the mall patrons.

Ms. Jane is a practitioner from Malaysia. Before cultivating in Falun Dafa, she had resorted to drinking to drown her stress from life and work. This situation persisted for so long that she became addicted to alcohol. Since cultivating Falun Dafa, she is able to face the pressure from her work in a more calm and relaxed manner. Some time after that, she was also able to quit her addiction to alcohol.

Cultivating in Falun Dafa also helped Ms. Jane to obtain peacefulness in her soul so that she can now clarify the truth to the public with a calm attitude.

Mr. Dedi is a practitioner from Batam, Indonesia. He suffered from many illnesses from a young age, such that he was always taking medication. After entering adulthood, he got addicted to smoking and gambling and he was also on the brim of getting a divorce. After cultivating in Falun Dafa, Mr. Dedi’s illnesses all disappeared, he got rid of his addictions of smoking and gambling, and his family life returned to being harmonious. In this way, even his wife and children also followed him to embark on the path of cultivation.

Celebratory Parade in Batam

The Falun Dafa practitioners also held a series of events to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day on May 14 morning. The practitioners started off with a group exercise session at 6 o’clock in the morning followed by a parade around the Lapangan Engku Putri, where the Batam City Government Office Area can be found. Amid the parade, the waist drum troupe took the lead. The sound of their drums moved the hearts of all the residents who were doing their morning exercises at the square.

Falun Dafa practitioners had a group exercise session and also a parade around the Lapangan Engku Putri.

The next in line was a car parade which was formed by cars that are pasted with stickers showing words including “Falun Dafa is Good” and “Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day.” The car parade started off from Dataran Engku Hamidah, passed by the popular sites in Batam, and ended at Jembatan Balerang, Batam’s landmark.

On the top of the bridge, the waist drum troupe started to perform many pieces which were created by Falun Dafa practitioners, including “Falun Dafa is Good.” On that day, the tourists at the bridge took videos of the performances with their mobile fonts. The practitioners also took a group photo at this site and sent their well wishes to Master Li Hongzhi, who brought Falun Dafa to the world, sending him their deepest respects.

Following that, the car parade passed by Batu Aji, Tiban, and Nagoya. The contigent of more than ten cars finally ended the parade at the international harbor of Batam, Pelabuhan Internasional Batam Center. This last stop also marked the end of the day’s celebration activities.

The celebration events came to a perfect end at the international harbor of Batam where the practitioners took a group photo as remembrance.

Celebrations in Marang City

Malang City is Jawa Timur’s second largest city. On May 13-14, 2023, practitioners held a series of events to introduce Falun Dafa to the people at the Malang City, East Java Province, Indonesia to celebrate this sacred day. On May 13, the practitioners displayed banners and distributed fliers. On May 14, the practitioners held a group practice at the Lapangan Rampal to introduce the cultivation which is based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance to many of the passersby.

During the celebrations held in front of the city hall, the Mayor of Malang City and officials of all levels also joined in the celebrations. The Falun Dafa practitioners thus had the chance to hand a flier to Mr. Sutiaji, the mayor of Malang, introducing the practice to him.

Mr. Sutiaji (center), mayor of Malang City, accepted the Falun Dafa truth-clarifying flier.

The participants of the celebration event in Malang City took a group photo with the practitioners and accepted the truth-clarifying Falun Dafa fliers too.

With the approval of the Malang City government, the Falun Dafa practitioners displayed 50 flags with the words ‘World Falun Dafa Day, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance’ along the busy roads in the city. A big banner that introduces Falun Dafa was also displayed in front of the Marang City Council Building.

Passersby Learn Dafa Exercises During Group Practice Session at Eco-Park

Falun Dafa practitioners gathered at the Tebet Eco Park in Jakarta on the morning of Saturday, May 13, 2023, to hold a group exercise session. Many passersby at the eco-park stopped in their tracks to watch the exercises and asked for more information about Falun Dafa. They also learned the practice together with the practitioners at the park too.

Passersby who came to the Tebet Eco Park learn the exercises

Practitioners from Semarang, the capital city of Jawa Tengah, also held a full day group Fa study on May 13, and a group practice session at the Jalan Pahlawan, which is situated in the city center, on May 14, which happened to be the Car Free Day.

Passersby who had just joined the group exercise session in Semarang, learned the fifth exercise set.

People in Semarang learned the facts and took photos with the Falun Dafa practitioners.