(Minghui.org) The George Street Festival was held in East Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia on Sunday, December 1, 2024. Practitioners in Western Australia participated in the event, introducing Falun Dafa and the beauty of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, which visitors praised and welcomed.

People stopped to watch as practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises.

A family learned the exercises.

The festival brought together more than 100 community and business booths, food stalls, and colorful music and dance performances. The Falun Dafa sky-blue tent booth and the peaceful scene as practitioners demonstrated the exercises attracted the attention of visitors. People stopped to watch, and talked with practitioners to learn about the practice. Many people learned the exercise movements on the spot and asked about local practice sites.

Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance Inspire Gratitude

Erin Collins said, “This (Falun Dafa booth) gives people a very wonderful feeling.”

Local resident Erin Collins said, “This (Falun Dafa booth) gives people a very wonderful feeling. It’s beautiful, and the energy is very good.”

Talking about Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, she said, “We absolutely need this information. It supports our own lives and allows us to look at our own problems correctly. This is very inspiring.”

Another resident, Teghan Baramily, said that Falun Dafa’s principles “make people feel grateful.” When she learned about the persecution in China, she added, “It’s very painful.” She encouraged practitioners, and said that they “should always maintain their faith and never lose it.”

Feeling the Energy

Clint Arthur (right) practiced Falun Dafa’s second set of exercises.

Clint Arthur said he felt the energy when he watched practitioners demonstrate the exercises, so he joined in while his son rode the mini train. Arthur explained that he once lived in Hong Kong and was very interested in learning Falun Dafa. He asked for detailed information about the practice site.

People Condemn the Persecution

Karen (right) and Darren Palmer (left) said that the world absolutely needs Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.

Karen and Darren Palmer knew about Falun Dafa and came to ask where they could learn the practice near their home in Rockingham. A practitioner gave them contact information for a practice site near where they lived.

Talking about Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, they both said they believed that the world “absolutely needs” Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Karen said, “Tolerance is the most important thing. We should be tolerant of each other.”

They know that Falun Dafa is being persecuted in China. Karen said that the CCP’s persecution is “disgusting,” there is no freedom of speech in China, and Falun Dafa should not be persecuted.

Darren said, “It (the CCP) wants absolute control. This is its way, and it does not allow free thought. Communism claims to be for the people, but in fact it is very greedy. It is a means for a few people to control the masses.”

“The Communist regime is a criminal organization”

Andrea Diaz (left) and Antonio Huizi (right)

Andrea Diaz and Antonio Huizi are from Venezuela. Huizi said he was deeply moved by the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. “We have some resonance with your story because we Venezuelans have also experienced a large-scale exodus of people as a result of political persecution, which is a disaster for our country and people.” Huizi said that the communist regime, “is a criminal organization,” and emphasized that “people’s faith is something they cannot take away.”

Diaz wants to tell the persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners in China that “people outside are really thinking about you, and we are working hard to expose the truth.”

Naina Parsons

Naina Parsons said, “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance will make the world a more peaceful and kinder place. That’s what we need to do.”