04/09/2026
🔸 Ireland: People at St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Galway Agree With Falun Dafa’s Guiding Principles
✨ Falun Dafa practitioners, who were invited to participate in the parade, carried a “Falun Dafa Is Great” banner followed by several demonstrating the exercises and others in the lotus flower and dragon dance teams. People applauded, cheered, and waved all along the route.
🔹 The parade was undoubtedly the most anticipated part of the four-day-long celebration in Galway. This year, 3,000 people representing over 70 different groups participated in the parade, showcasing traditional dances, brass bands, sports, and international cultural groups.
✅ President Michael D. Higgins, who recently stepped down, and his wife Sabina attended the parade as special guests.
💫 As practitioners marched past the main stage, the MC who introduced them said, “Falun Dafa is based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. It includes five exercises, and people in over 100 countries practice it. It is free to learn Falun Dafa.”
🔸 Chandresh, who came to see the parade with his family, kept saying, “Very nice, very well coordinated. It’s perfect.”
🔸 Mubeena from India watched the parade with her family back home through a video connection. She said the practitioners’ group, “Is so great, so colorful.”
🔸 Glynn, a staff member, took a photo of a practitioner in a celestial maiden costume before the start of the parade. It was the first time he had heard of Falun Dafa.
When he was told about its principles, he said, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are very good. It’s a shame that practitioners are persecuted.”
👍 Esther, the organizer of another group in the parade, was delighted to see the Falun Dafa contingent. She said she’d talked with a practitioner during a previous parade, so she knew about Falun Dafa and agreed with the principles Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
❤️ “These are my values, too,” she said, adding, “I’m organizing a multicultural festival and I plan to invite your group to participate. I hope you’ll come.”
https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2026/3/23/233392.html
