Slovakia: Welcoming the New Year at the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava

On New Years Eve, Slovak practitioners met at the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava to welcome in the New Year in a special way. All around there was the sound of merry making and in the night sky there were flares and rockets, despite the commotion a group of Falun Gong practitioners meditated peacefully. As a mark of respect they wished this peace would descend on the Falun Gong practitioners in China, who are persecuted there for their belief in Falun Gong.

Even though it was foggy, the atmosphere was very pleasant. The police officer on duty listened to the story of the persecution and he was interested in how it happened and why. A passer-by, who came by soon after the dawn of the new year said that he had been seeing us there for a few years and that he would also like to read our flyer. Than he spent a few minutes in conversation with a practitioner who explained to him what Falun Gong is and why it is persecuted.