Cargo Cults
Thursday December 13, 2007
Cargo Cults: The cargo cult stole relief supplies, apparently believing the goods were gifts from their ancestors.
Monday December 10, 2007
Cargo Cults: Members of a cargo cult in Papua New Guinea claim that the relief supplies distributed to the area were cargo meant for them by their ancestors.
Thursday August 9, 2007
Cargo Cults: A cargo cult is growing in Kira Kira, the provincial capital of Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands. The township is awaiting the appearance of a mystery military platoon.
Tuesday July 10, 2007
Cargo Cults • magic: A former provincial governor in jail for rape in Papua New Guinea is tipped to win a seat in parliament, helped by fear of black magic and belief in cargo cults.
Sunday February 18, 2007
Cargo Cults: The US’s standing in the world may have plummeted under President George W Bush, but a bizarre cargo cult in the Vanuatu island nation holds America in god-like esteem.
Thursday February 15, 2007
Cargo Cults: One of the world’s last surviving cargo cults is celebrating its official 50th anniversary on Tanna island in Vanuatu.
Monday June 5, 2006
Cargo Cults: High in a mist-shrouded mountain village, an ancient tribe patiently awaits the return of its divine leader.
Monday April 17, 2006
Cargo Cults: Followers of a South Pacific cult, who worship a mythical Second World War American serviceman they hope will one day return bearing riches, believe that their prayers have been answered.
Wednesday March 22, 2006
Cargo Cults: The Vanuatu Government has admitted that news of the Millennium Challenge fund has a different tune to the ears of members of the John Frum cult movement on the southern island of Tanna.
Tuesday January 31, 2006
Cargo Cults: On the South Pacific island of Tanna, beneath a volcano that rumbles and smokes, a guy wearing a fake U.S. Army uniform raises an American flag. Then 40 barefoot men march past, carrying fake rifles made of bamboo, their brown chests decorated with red paint spelling out "USA."
Thursday November 3, 2005
Cargo Cults: About 320 people from three villages in the Wain-Erap area in Nawaeb District have been charged by police for allegedly practising sorcery and cargo cult.
Friday August 13, 2004
Cargo Cults: The devotees of one of the world's last surviving "cargo cults" are a patient bunch. On the remote Pacific island of Tanna, in Vanuatu, they've been waiting since the 1930s, at least, for their share of the apparently endless supply of material possessions which first began arriving with European colonial settlers.
Friday May 21, 2004
Cargo Cults: The mysterious John Frum movement has existed peacefully on an island in the South Pacific for decades; but a violent feud has now broken out between its followers and a new Christian movement.
Saturday May 8, 2004
Cargo Cults: It has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster - a smouldering volcano, a jungle battle, a bizarre cult and a self-styled messiah called Prophet Fred.
Sunday April 25, 2004
Cargo Cults: In Vanuatu, police have been sent to the island of Tanna to control a clash between villagers and members of a religious sect.
Search
About Cargo Cults
This is Religion News Blog's home page for news articles about Cargo Cults.
See our front page for more religion news
Most Read In This Topic
- Is Prince Philip a god?
- Black magic, cargo cults to help ex-governor in poll
- John Frum is given his marching orders
- A Religion That Grew From a Lot of Brew
- Vanuatu cargo cult marks 50 years
- Makira Residents Awaiting Mystery Army
- Pacific cult hails second coming of its wealthy US messiah
- Cargo cult hinders delivery of relief supplies
- Cargo cult reborn: once-stingy America offers cash pot to deserving poor
- Culture clash in the South Seas
Research Resources
Books about Cargo Cults
Apologetics Research Resources on Cargo Cults
Subscribe to Religion News Blog
Religion News Blog headlines by Email
Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter
Subscribe to Religion News Blog Subscribe only to this topic: Cargo Cults
Use Our Headlines
Free: Place RNB Headlines on your website! It's easy: just copy and paste