Falun Gong praktikanti su se pridružili Božićnim paradama na Riverheadu na Long Islandu i Port Jervisu u Upstate New York, 8. i 9. decembra 2018. godine. Njihove je nastupe publika dobro primila, a njihova je povorka u Port Jervisu osvojila prvu nagradu.
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![Nastup Falun Gong praktikanata na Božićnoj paradi u Port Jervisu 9. decembra 2018.](/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTE1MTUsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--da95c76c1e0b4d99390a745e09d83cbca202a4ee/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOlsxMDAwLDMwMDBdfSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--04fc95eba277223bd08d8e0616b78ddd123029af/2018-12-11-ny-upstate-xmas-parades_03.jpg)
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Put kojim se parada kretala u Port Jervisu 9. decembra je bio blizu granica New Yorka, New Jerseya i Pennsylvanije. Tim Falun Gong barjaktara, lavlji ples i dobošarska grupa su impresionirali gledaoce iz ove tri države.
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![Gledaoci parade su uživali u Falun Gong povorci.](/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTE1MTksInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--f0c98ec0450bd82922c584551459bf3906292238/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOlsxMDAwLDMwMDBdfSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--04fc95eba277223bd08d8e0616b78ddd123029af/2018-12-11-ny-upstate-xmas-parades_07.jpg)
Djeca duž puta parade su bila oduševljena što su od praktikanata dobivala rukom napravljene cvjetove lotosa, simbol čistoće u kineskoj kulturi.
Dan ranije su praktikanti također učestvovali na paradi u Riverheadu na Long Islandu. Robert, organizator parade, je uživao u nastupu grupe Falun Gong praktikanata kazavši da će definitivno praktikante pozvati i naredne godine.
![Nastup dobošarske Falun Gong grupe na Božićnoj paradi u Riverheadu 8. decembra 2018.](/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTE1MjAsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--302136e3ede02c90ebd02db5dd144afc8a911b46/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOlsxMDAwLDMwMDBdfSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--04fc95eba277223bd08d8e0616b78ddd123029af/2018-12-11-ny-upstate-xmas-parades_08.jpg)
Robert je podigao palčeve uvis pokazujući odobravanje za nastup Falun Gong grupe. Rekao im je da je zvuk doboša dopunio praznični duh i da je njihov nastup bio veličanstven.
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Dva Robertova prijatelja su zatražila lotosove cvjetove i poželjela da se fotografišu sa praktikantima. Također su pokazali i interes za učenje Falun Gong vježbi.