(Minghui.org) The weather was clear and sunny on Saturday, August 2, 2025. Falun Dafa practitioners from Massachusetts and Rhode Island participated in "Celebrate Burlington." They introduced Falun Dafa and told people how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes the practice.

They also demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises in the afternoon, and many visitors learned the movements.

Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises during Celebrate Burlington on August 2, 2025.

Located north of Boston, the annual event is Burlington’s largest single-day event of the year in the area. It is held on the lawn in the city center and features family activities, various stalls, inflatable castles, race cars, and classic car shows. There are also concerts and fireworks in the evening.

A continuous stream of visitors came to the Falun Dafa booth during Celebrate Burlington on August 2, 2025.

Chinese and Western People are Happy to Know About Falun Dafa

Many parents brought their children to the Falun Dafa booth. After learning about the persecution the parents signed the petition to request the U.S. Senate to pass the Falun Gong Protection Act. Some people followed practitioners’ movements and learned the exercises.

An elderly Chinese couple took a photo in front of the booth. The wife told a practitioner, “I know that you are all Falun Gong. It is a good practice.” She hesitated for a while before walking to the booth to take a flyer about Falun Dafa. She said, “This is in English and I cannot read it.” The practitioner then handed her a Chinese flyer and she quickly put it in her bag. The practitioner then handed her husband a book: Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, and her husband happily placed it in his bag. The practitioner felt that this couple did not come too close to the booth due to the CCP’s propaganda about the practice. That day they finally got the chance to obtain truth-clarification materials.

A practitioner chatted with a middle-aged Western man about the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa over the past two decades. She explained that the CCP is making use of the Western world’s judicial system and media to carry out a transnational attack and persecution of Falun Dafa and Shen Yun. When he heard that the practitioners were collecting signatures to support the Falun Gong Protection Act he expressed his agreement and thanked the practitioner. He then took the Falun Dafa materials and said, “I hope you collect many signatures today.”

People Interested in Practicing Falun Dafa

The Falun Dafa exercise demonstration was one of the events that the event organizer arranged in their programs. At 2:15 p.m., about twenty Falun Dafa practitioners wearing yellow t-shirts, demonstrated the exercises on the lawn in the city center, accompanied by peaceful exercise music. Many visitors stopped to watch. Some sat on the lawn, some sat on the long benches, and some even followed the practitioners and imitated their exercise movements.

A Western couple brought their three children who sat on a bench and they watched as practitioners demonstrated the exercises. A practitioner handed the mother an introductory flyer that says that Falun Dafa is a mind and body cultivation practice that abides by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. It is widely recognized that this traditional value is beneficial to countries and people around the world, and the Falun Dafa exercises are taught for free online. When she read this the lady was elated and said that she would go online and find out more about the practice.

Another Western couple noticed the exercise demonstration and asked a practitioner for a flyer. They wanted to know more about Falun Gong and where they could learn the exercises. The lady left her contact information and said she hopes a practitioner contacts her so she can learn the exercises.

Another older Western couple sat on a long bench opposite the exercise demonstration and watched. A practitioner handed the lady an introductory flyer and she thanked the practitioner. She also told her that she felt peace and tranquility when she watched the practitioners demonstrate the exercises.