(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners joined the annual Red, White & BOOM! grand parade held in downtown Columbus on July 3, 2023. This event attracted more than four hundred thousand tourists from Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Kentucky.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Ohio join the parade held in downtown Columbus to celebrate Independence Day.

The Falun Dafa practitioners brought banners that displayed the words “Falun Dafa,” and the main principles of the cultivation practice: “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.” There was a waist drum troupe, and the exercise demonstration took place on top of the lotus flower float. The Falun Dafa practitioners’ procession attracted many people, who held out their hands to get fliers to learn more about Falun Dafa.