(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the “Hello, Health!” festival in Yambol held on September 5-7, 2025, where they introduced Falun Dafa.
Yambol is known as the “city on both banks of the Tundzha River,” and is located in southeastern Bulgaria. It draws many visitors who travel there to admire its Thracian roots. The event was especially crowded on September 6 because it was Unification Day, a national Bulgarian holiday.
The practitioners welcomed attendees by demonstrating the exercises, teaching them for free, and telling people about Falun Dafa’s values. They also held an origami workshop, where they showed children how to make lotus flowers. Many people wished to learn more about Falun Dafa, and after doing the exercises some said they felt relaxed, yet energized.
Exercise Demonstration at the Festival
Falun Dafa practitioners from Yambol, Stara Zagora, Sofia, and Chepelare were among the presenters at the “Hello, Health!” festival, whose motto this year was “We Reap What We Sow.” This was the third year organizers invited practitioners to present their practice at the festival.
The practitioners handed out flyers the day before the event, to tell people about Falun Dafa, and that they planned to demonstrate the exercises at the festival. They invited them to join them in doing the five exercises and learn how to make lotus flowers.
When the festival opened at 9:30 a.m., many people came to the Falun Dafa booth to learn the exercises.
Practitioners demonstrated the exercises and taught them for free.
Practitioners introduced Falun Dafa.
Practitioners handed out flyers about the practice and explained how interested individuals could contact local practitioners.
The exercise demonstration took place close to the main alley, which was near the fountain, and attracted many people who stopped to watch. Some people spoke with practitioners.
Writer: I Don’t Want to Leave Your Booth!
Stoyan, who is from Yambol but lives in Sofia, is a writer, journalist, and actor. He returned to his hometown for the weekend, and decided to try out the exercises.
He seemed to be very familiar with many details of the exercises and performed them with ease and precision. He said that he knew about Falun Dafa. “A Dafa practitioner from Sofia gave me the book Falun Gong and said, ‘Read it! If you like it, it’s yours. If you don’t like it, give it back to me!’ No one has ever given me a book this way before,” he said.
He started reading the book and noticed at first glance that it reminded him of other spiritual texts he had read, but at the same time it seemed, “So different, real, captivating, and profound.”
“This is what I’m looking for!” he said. He explained that he read the Falun Dafa teachings with practitioners in Sofia.
When he learned that Falun Dafa would be introduced in his hometown he wanted to go to the practice site.
Stoyan asked where practitioners did the exercises in Sofia. He kept returning to the booth to learn more about Falun Dafa. He said to the practitioners. “I don’t want to leave!”
Festival Attendee: Falun Dafa Relieved My Anxiety
Dimka arrived at 9:30 a.m. and said she wished to learn the Falun Dafa exercises, “I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time—something that will help me get rid of the inner tension and painful anxiety that I experience every day. I have many problems and difficulties in life. I can barely cope. I tremble inside constantly,” she said.
She did the exercises with great seriousness and attention, and the practitioners were impressed by her determination and endurance.
After showing her the exercises, the practitioners encouraged her to continue doing them with the local group and told her about the Falun Dafa books. She showed Dimka the Falun Dafa website where the exercises are demonstrated by Master Li Hongzhi so she could keep learning.
“I felt some relief after I did the exercises,” said Dimka. “I really feel unburdened.” The practitioners told her that if she wished she could return to the booth later in the day and do the exercises again.
Dimka was visibly excited when she returned to the booth at 4 p.m. “Can you believe what happened to me? When I got home after doing the exercises, I slept like a newborn baby, long and soundly! I feel great! I came back to do the exercises again!” she said.
Dimka (left) returned to practice the exercises for a second time that day.
Falun Dafa Around the World
The practitioners added a new element to their display this year—two stands with photographs showing Falun Dafa practitioners and their activities around the world. One stand was filled with photos from events held in 2025 to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day on May 13, the date when Master Li Hongzhi first introduced the practice to the public in 1992. The second stand showed the protest activities in various countries to mark July 20, the date when the Chinese Communist Party began its persecution of Falun Dafa in China in 1999.
A married couple approached the booth and had a long conversation with practitioners about Falun Dafa. The man said he’d searched for different practices and teachings because he wished to enlighten. Both he and his wife expressed great interest in Falun Dafa’s values, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and looked through the photo display.
The man was impressed by the number of people practicing Falun Dafa and seeking enlightenment around the world, and said, “This is happening so that we can return to the Creator.”
His wife purchased a copy of Falun Gong and said she wanted to learn more about Falun Dafa. The man thanked the practitioners with his hand over his heart, and said that he would definitely continue learning about Falun Dafa.
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