(Minghui.org) This is the second year that Falun Dafa practitioners have participated in the Kopums Youth Festival, which was held on Saturday, August 16, 2025 in Liepāja. They introduced Falun Dafa to the young people in attendance.
This year, the festival took place in the port city of Liepāja, in the popular Jūrmala Park. The event was attended by 10,000 participants from around the world and featured 55 organizations. Young people and festival visitors had the opportunity to learn about Falun Dafa and its principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises and taught them at the event.
Practitioners demonstrate the exercises during the Kopums Youth Festival on August 16, 2025
Practitioners were also given the opportunity to talk about Falun Dafa in the Radio Tent. They told the audience what Falun Dafa is and that this cultivation practice is suitable for anyone who wants to improve their life, including young people.
Many young people visited the Falun Dafa tent, talked to practitioners, and asked various questions about Falun Dafa. Visitors asked to be shown the Falun Dafa exercises, and some said they wished to practice and took local practitioners’ contact information.
Young people learn the Falun Dafa exercises.
People learn about Falun Dafa at the festival.
Many people visited the Falun Dafa booth
Young Irishwoman Wishes to Tell People about Falun Dafa
Gabi is a young woman from Ireland who is studying to be a doctor, and currently works with children who have special needs. After she learned about Falun Dafa and its principles, she said Dafa would benefit the children she works with.
Gabi from Ireland said learning about Falun Dafa was very valuable.
She took an informational booklet and a children’s book about Falun Dafa’s values, and said that she would read the book to the children once she returns to Ireland. Gabi said she would also recommend Falun Dafa to her grandmother who lives in Latvia. Before leaving, she thanked the practitioners and said that this day was very valuable for her.
Visitors Find Solutions to Their Concerns
Two young people talked with practitioners and said they were concerned about the many disasters and wars happening in the world today. The practitioners explained that from the perspective of Falun Dafa’s teachings, the good things and bad things that people encounter in life are all based on good or bad deeds they did. If one wanted to stay safe and not have bad things happen, the best approach was to be a good person according to the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. The young people took booklets about Falun Dafa and thanked the practitioner, and said that they would try to be good people.
A 9th grade student told a practitioner that she felt confused because she did not understand her parents, who were forcing her to study something she wasn’t interested in. The practitioner advised her to talk to her parents and tell them what she wanted. She told her that Falun Dafa teaches people to be truthful and honest with themselves and others, and if they follow this principle, they will succeed in life. The girl picked up a Falun Dafa booklet to learn more about the practice and the values the practitioner told her about.
Government Employee Learns the Exercises, Signs Petition of Support
A man named Ainārs, who represented the State Environmental Service at the festival, watched the practitioners’ activities from his tent. He talked with them and said he wanted to learn about Falun Dafa. When he was told the practice includes exercises, he said he looked for something similar for a long time, and that his doctors recommended that he meditate.
Ainārs does the Falun Dafa exercises.
Practitioners showed him the Falun Dafa exercises and told him that the practice is not only about exercises but also about cultivating one’s heart, that by abandoning attachments and vices, a person’s moral standards and character improve.
Ainārs also learned about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. He signed the petition addressed to the G7+7 countries, asking for help to end the persecution.
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