Nearly 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners from the Greater New York area filled Midtown Manhattan with color and calm on May 13, marching in a large-scale parade to celebrate the 27th World Falun Dafa Day and the 34th anniversary of the spiritual discipline’s public introduction.
The procession started near United Nations Plaza and proceeded west along bustling 42nd Street—one of Manhattan’s busiest corridors—passing Grand Central Terminal, Bryant Park, Times Square, and the Broadway theater district before ending near the Chinese Consulate. With vibrant banners, live music, and practitioners demonstrating the practice’s gentle exercises, the parade created an atmosphere of peace amid the city’s usual hustle, drawing large crowds of locals and international tourists….