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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.
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).
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.
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
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 ]
The movement itself was founded by Koriam Urekit upon his election in 1964, following a prophecy made by the Pomio cult leader Bernard Balatape ('Bernard') the year before. [2] During Koriam's parliamentary career he, Bernard, and his successor Kolman Kintape Molu ('Kolman') were all accorded a divine stature by Pomio Kivung devotees, as ...
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Another aspect of the movement which presages features of later cargo cults is the so-called "imitation of the white man". The leaders of the movement would drill the rank and file as if they were soldiers, they enforced a curfew after the manner of regimented life at plantations, and they held a ceremony which looked for all intents and ...