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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.
A ceremonial cross of the John Frum cargo cult, Tanna, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), 1967 A John Frum cargo cult ceremonial flag-raising. The religion centering on John Frum arose no later than the late 1930s, when Vanuatu was known as the New Hebrides. The religion may have originated as early as the 1910s, according to a claim in 1949. [2]
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).
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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 ...
The Johnson cult, formerly misidentified as a cargo cult, was initiated on New Hanover Island in Papua New Guinea in 1964. Although initially labelled a cargo cult, it has since been characterized as " political theatre ".
The term cargo cult was first coined by anthropologists studying South Pacific Island civilizations in the late nineteenth century. When these "primitive" civilizations engaged in international trade with Western societies, modern technology and cultural imperialism were just some developments that had not made it to their communities yet.
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