Falun Gong practitioners were invited by a German-Chinese cultural exchange association to take part in the annual Foreign Culture Festival held in Heidelberg University Square on June 5th.
People from a variety of different cultural backgrounds performed on stage. Among them was the heavenly dance troupe made up of Falun Gong practitioners. The troupe performed two ribbon dances titled “Dunhuang” and “Lotus Flower Eulogy”. A flautist, also a Falun gong practitioner, played traditional Chinese music.
A female practitioner from China who is studying in Germany performed the solo dance “Dunhuang”. In February 2000, she was arrested by police for appealing in Tiananmen Square for Falun Gong and was detained for one month in a labour camp and forced to attend brainwashing classes. She was beaten badly by police and when she went on hunger strike in protest, and was force-fed. In November 2003, together with forty other Falun Gong practitioners, she launched legal action against Jiang Zemin and fifteen of his accomplices in Germany for genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of torture.
In a booth below the stage, people could have their names written on a bookmark in Chinese calligraphy by a Falun Gong practitioner. On the rear of the bookmark, there was a brief introduction to Falun Dafa. This activity was particularly popular with German people.
Several newspapers in Heidelberg reported on this culture festival and published large sized photos of practitioners dancing
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