(Minghui.org) Altone Comes Alive, an annual festival hosted by the City of Swan, was held at Altone Park in Beechboro, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia on March 15, 2025. Practitioners participated in the event, and introduced Falun Dafa and it’s guiding principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance to the community.

The event celebrates community unity and cultural diversity through music and dance performances, community booths, a market, food trucks that showcased flavors from around the world, children’s rides, face painting, mini golf and more.

Practitioners tell people about Falun Dafa

Practitioners perform the waist drums on stage

Performing the dragon dance

Practitioners demonstrated the five exercises and introduced Falun Dafa at their booth. They did the dragon dance and waist drums on stage, and the audience welcomed and applauded their performances.

Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Helps Us Regain Inner Peace

Tanya Richardson, mayor of the City of Swan, meditates with practitioners.

Mayor Tanya Richardson of the City of Swan visited the Falun Dafa booth, and meditated with practitioners.

She said she loved the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance that Falun Dafa teaches people, and appreciated the traditional concepts of meditation that Falun Dafa practitioners talked about. “I like Falun Dafa’s Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and I also like learning how to meditate. I think it’s great to be able to practice according to the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, which can help us regain inner peace.”

Sidney Zabala and his children

Sidney Zabala was interested when he saw practitioners demonstrate the exercises, “I saw them meditating, and I’ve seen Falun Dafa booths at other events, which piqued my interest.”

As a mental health expert, he said, “I’ve experienced several different cognitive behavioral therapies. We want people to practice relaxation techniques at home, and sometimes this is a very difficult process because they need to consult a doctor, and the doctor needs a recommendation. But if this is something you can do, you can try it first, and then you can seek advice from a therapist. This traditional way has been practiced for many years, but it has been forgotten.”

Sreelatha Chandrasekaran (middle) and her family

Sreelatha Chandrasekaran fully agrees with Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and said, “Karma is like a boomerang. When you do good things, good things will come to you; when you do bad things, bad things will always follow you.” She believes that the world needs more Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.

Ally Schaumann

Ally Schaumann is a staff member for a non-profit organization which had a booth at the event, and said, “The world needs more Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. We all need them."

She was very interested in Falun Dafa and said, “I will definitely go home and learn more about it. I will also share Falun Dafa with my friends, and my friends may also be interested.”

Dev Sing (right) and his family

Dev Sing and his family chatted with practitioners, and Dev said he was interested in practicing Falun Dafa and wished to learn more about it.