Falun Dafa Exercise Practice in Manhattan’s Roosevelt Park

Around 1,000 Falun Dafa practitioners practice gentle, qigong exercises at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York on May 17. (Edward Dai/The Epoch Times)

By Ivan Pentchoukov

Ivan Pentchoukov

Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.

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May 18, 2013Updated: July 18, 2015

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NEW YORK—Falun Dafa practitioners practice the exercises in Manhattan Chinatown’s Roosevelt Park on May 18.

Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is an advanced practice of self-cultivation based on the universal principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance, according to falundafa.org, a website where all of the Falun Dafa teachings and exercise instruction are available free of charge.

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