NEW YORK CITY—The sounds of a Western-style marching band and drummers echoed through midtown Manhattan on May 13, as thousands gathered for an annual parade marking 34 years since Falun Dafa was introduced to the public in China.
The parade featured nearly 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners from New York and elsewhere. They marched through the streets in coordinated yellow attire, some dressed as heavenly guards, while others performed dragon and lion dances and carried colorful banners. A float carried female participants dressed as heavenly maidens.
The banners displayed slogans such as “Falun Dafa Is Practiced in Over 150 Countries,” “Falun Dafa Brings Hope to Mankind,” “Falun Dafa Is Good,” “Life-Changing Health and Moral Improvement,” and “Humanity’s Only Hope Is to Improve Morality.”…