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  2. August Engelhardt - Wikipedia

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    Engelhardt wrote a book called A Carefree Future (Eine Sorgenfreie Zukunft) in 1898, [1] which described a colony of fruit and vegetable eaters, specifically cocoivores (coconut eaters), he was founding in the then-German (now Papua New Guinean) Bismarck Archipelago in the South Pacific, a place known for its headhunters. [2]

  3. Coconut Religion - Wikipedia

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    The religion was deemed a "cult" and was promptly banned in 1975 by communist officials. [1] The Coconut Monk died in unexplained circumstances in 1990, [9] marking the demise of the cult. [citation needed] The Coconut Estate is now serving as a tourist attraction along the My Tho Mekong Delta Tour. [clarification needed]

  4. Kabakon - Wikipedia

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    Kabakon or Kaka Kon Island is a small island in group of Duke of York Islands in the Bismark Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. [1] August Engelhardt chose Kabakon as the island to establish his Sun-worshipping sect, notable for only eating coconuts, from 1902 until his death.

  5. Ông Đạo Dừa - Wikipedia

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    A marble slab with a brief inscription of Ông Đạo Dừa's name. Ông Đạo Dừa ("The Coconut Monk"), born Nguyễn Thành Nam (December 25 1910 – May 13 1990), was a self-styled Vietnamese mystic and the founder of the Coconut Religion (Đạo Dừa) in Vietnam. [1] [2] Đạo Dừa temple in Bến Tre.

  6. Governmental lists of cults and sects - Wikipedia

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    Unification Church (统一教; tǒngyī jiào), known as "The Moonies" in the US, founded by Korean-American Sun Myung Moon in Busan in 1954, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1997. [10] Sanban Puren Pai (三班仆人派; sān bān púrén pài), a Christian sect founded by Xu Wenku in the 1990s, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1999.

  7. Category:Cults - Wikipedia

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  8. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Dozens joined its ranks. The Facebook page's name "The Lions of Rojava" comes from a Kurdish saying which translates as "A lion is a lion, whether it's a female or a male", reflecting the organization's feminist ideology. [463]

  9. Cult - Wikipedia

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    American sociologist Howard P. Becker further bisected Troeltsch's first two categories: church was split into ecclesia and denomination; and sect into sect and cult. [22] [2] Like Troeltsch's "mystical religion", Becker's cult refers to small religious groups that lack in organization and emphasize the private nature of personal beliefs. [23]