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May 04, 2003
Parade in Hiroshima
Dance practice in Hiroshima
More dancing.
Just me.
I got a bit mixed up and I'm sure I told people I was going to Himeji instead of HIroshima. Quite a mistake to make as Himeji is quite close and Hiroshima very far away. So, sorry to anyone I misinformed...
Today there was a big parade in Hiroshima, I'm a bit short on information about it other than that it was big and they have it every year. Falun Gong was invited to be part of the parade so I went along with some Falun Gong practitioners from Osaka. We got there around 11am after about two hours on the shinkansen (bullet train) and went to a small park/recreation area where the others were getting ready.
Some practitioners (about 100 by my count) did a form of traditional Chinese dancing, with a large group doing a fairly simple dance and a smaller group doing a more complicated one. In front of them in the parade was a small truck with some musicians playing for the dancers and in front of that was a larger truck with six practitioners demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises.
I was invited to be one of the people demonstrating the exercises which was... interesting. I hadn't realised quite how difficult it is to stand motionless on the back of a trailer even when its moving quite slowly. I'd love to say more about the parade but seeing as I was practising the exercises I had my eyes closed so I didn't see much (which by the way made it even harder to not fall over).
After the parade was finished we all went to a seminar room in some kind of seminar room containing building (OK, I can't think of a better way to say that right now) and had informal experience sharing. Experience sharing is basically chatting but about any problems or experiences we've had (good or bad) and by talking we try to learn something from them. This is quite a fundamental part of Falun Gong (learning from what happens to you and those around you) and is great for setting you back on track. All in all I had a great time and met quite a few people who I either hadn't seen for a while or who I had never met before but knew through email.
Which reminds me, I was given a copy of a photo taken of me in Hong Kong in February (and yes Hong Kong is a very warm place even in February when this was taken. Hence the T-Shirts). I'm not quite sure why the quality is so poor as the original wasn't so bad (if a little scratched). Maybe I should have been more patient and set my scanner to a higher setting (which takes ages to scan).
Posted by JapanMike at May 4, 2003 12:07 AM
Comments
Hi There,
Was wondering where in Osaka you practice Falun Gong.A friend mentioned there is a group around Osaka castle..on saturdays at 1.oo p.m.
Practiced for a short time in Australia.
Thanks
Lloyd
Posted by: Lloyd at February 9, 2004 09:14 AM
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