(Minghui.org) Visitors with diverse backgrounds connected with Falun Gong in various ways at the annual Gold Coast Multicultural Festival on September 14, 2014. Some liked the exercises and positive energy. Some appreciated the peaceful resistance by practitioners to the brutal persecution in China. A medical researcher invited practitioners to speak at her department's monthly meeting to share facts about the persecution.

The Falun Gong booth at the event enjoyed steady traffic throughout the day. Many visitors signed the petition condemning the brutal persecution, especially the state-sanctioned crime of forced organ harvesting committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises on stage, and spectators enjoyed the gentle and harmonious movements.

Falun Gong practitioners exercise in front of their booth at the Multicultural Festival.

Visitors talk to practitioners and learn the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution.

Sarah signs a petition calling for an immediate end of the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Politicians Show Support for Practitioners

Lex Bell visited the Falun Gong booth soon after the event started. Mr. Bell is a member of the Gold Coast City Council, and a long-time supporter of Falun Gong. After looking through the photos of the Peaceful Journey of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), he said that he had seen Falun Gong practitioners during his recent visit to Hong Kong.

Rowan was a candidate during the Queensland state elections in 2015. He stopped by to greet the practitioners, and wanted to know more about the practice. Rowan expressed his sympathy upon learning of the tortures suffered by practitioners in China.

University Staff Member Moved to Tears

Sally, who works at a local university, came to the Falun Dafa table early in the day. She was moved to tears upon learning the facts about the brutal persecution. She hugged practitioners and thanked them for sharing the information.

Visitors Support Ending Organ Harvesting

Penny, a senior medical researcher and lawyer, came to the event with her parents. As she was reading the banners, her father told her that Falun Gong was currently being suppressed in China. A practitioner further explained details about the practice, and the CCP’s crimes of harvesting organs from living practitioners who were unlawfully incarcerated.

Penny immediately invited the practitioners to give a seminar about the organ harvesting at her next monthly meeting in the local health department.

Wanting to understand Falun Gong and the persecution in China, Sarah asked the practitioners many questions and read the book Zhuan Falun for a while. She immediately signed the petition after learning the details about organ harvesting from living practitioners.

Body Builder Enjoys the Gentle Exercise Movements

Body builder Grant enjoyed doing the Falun Gong exercises movements after he watched the demonstration. He believed that real energy came from inside of our bodies. He planned to join the local exercise sessions.