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Thus, a characteristic feature of cargo cults was the belief that spiritual agents would, at some future time, give much valuable cargo and desirable manufactured products to the cult members. [11] The goods promised by prophets and the means by which they would arrive both changed with the times, across eras of Western colonization.
Cargo cult programming is a style of computer programming characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. Cargo cult programming is symptomatic of a programmer not understanding either a bug they were attempting to solve or the apparent solution (compare shotgun debugging , deep magic ). [ 1 ]
It is a cargo cult of the Yaohnanen tribe, [1] who believe in the divinity of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021), consort to Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022). Origins [ edit ]
A cargo cult is a type of a ritualistic belief system. Cargo cult may also refer to: Cargo cult science, a term coined by Richard Feynman to describe something that appears to be science but that lacks scientific integrity; Cargo cult programming, a style of computer programming that includes code or programs with no real purpose
John Frum (also called Jon Frum, [1] John Brum, [2] and John Prum [3]) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides).He is often depicted as an American World War II serviceman who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow him.
Pilgrimage: A term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith .
Ritual can be used as a form of resistance, as for example, in the various Cargo Cults that developed against colonial powers in the South Pacific. In such religio-political movements, Islanders would use ritual imitations of western practices (such as the building of landing strips) as a means of summoning cargo (manufactured goods) from the ...
Cult following, a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific work of culture; Cargo cult, a religious practice ritually mimicking another culture, popular in Melanesia in the late 1900s; Cult of personality, when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image