台湾基隆民俗艺术盛会 天国乐团展风采
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文／台湾法轮功学员
【明慧网二零一一年八月二十日】传承了一百五十七年、台湾最大民俗艺术盛会──基隆中元祭放水灯游行，二零一一年八月十三日晚间热闹登场。由台湾法轮功学员组成的天国乐团应邀参加游行，雄壮的军乐演出震撼现场的民众。
辛卯年鸡笼（“基隆”的古称）中元祭放水灯游行典礼七点开始，先施放烟火、基隆港区船只齐鸣笛，接着基隆市市长张通荣、基隆市议长黄景泰、台湾总统马英九等分别致辞。第三次参加鸡笼中元祭放水灯活动的马英九表示：“今年格局大不同，规模最大，看到的花车游行，真是目不暇给，令人敬佩。”
各宗亲会与团体把握这一年一次的机会，发挥创意，造型妆点各式花车，争奇斗艳，缀上璀璨灯饰，缤纷亮眼，令现场观众看得目不暇给，赞叹不已，备有相机者纷纷按下快门，留作纪念。参加游行的团体有台湾法轮大法学会、基隆市政府、市议会、港务局、环保局、学校单位、地方社团、民间团体、狮子会300F区等。
由二百多位台湾法轮功学员组成的天国乐团，今年是第五度参加鸡笼中元祭游行，雄壮的军乐演出震撼现场的民众。由十二位法轮功学员所妆扮的仙女队，沿途分发有“法轮大法好”书签的小莲花，民众争相领取。到了十点多，三十六个团体游行结束，街道两旁的民众与游客意犹未尽地离去。
Taiwan: Falun Dafa Group Participates in Keelung Folk Arts Festival Parade
By a practitioner in Taiwan
(Clearwisdom.net) The biggest folk arts festival in Taiwan, the Keelung Ghost Festival, has been celebrated for 157 years, and culminates each year with the release of water lanterns. On the evening of August 13, 2011, the Falun Dafa group, including the Divine Land Marching Band, participated in the festival parade.
The parade started at 7 p.m. with fireworks and horns from boats in Keelung's port. Mayor Chang Tung-rung, Speaker Huang Ching-tai of the Keelung City Council, and President Ma Yung-jeou gave speeches. President Ma attended the parade for the third time. He said, “This year the parade's scale is larger with a different style. The floats are spectacular and admirable.”
Many organizations participated in the annual parade and presented various decorated floats with colorful lights. The organizations participating in the parade included the Falun Dafa Association, Keelung government, City Council, Port Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau, schools, and non-governmental organizations etc.
The band, consisting of more than 200 Falun Gong practitioners, participated in the parade for the fifth year and gave a moving performance. A team of 12 Falun Gong practitioners dressed as celestial maidens distributed hand-folded paper lotus flowers printed with the words “Falun Dafa is great.” When the parade of 36 organizations concluded a little after 10 p.m., the crowd was still full of excitement.
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http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/8/20/台湾基隆民俗艺术盛会-天国乐团展风采（图）-245641.html (Chinese)
http://clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/8/21/127609.html (English)
