A cargo cult is alive and well and surviving nicely in Tanna, Vanuatu. They believe in "John Frum" who appeared to them in 1936 and predicted the arrival of cargo. They mixed this with their tribal beliefs and it was all reinforced by the arrival of US forces in WWII. This was the "First Coming" for them and they now await the second coming. They say that Christians have been waiting 2,000 years for the second coming and for them it is a mere 60 years.
There are two John Frum villages, but they don't talk to
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Old man
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Taig and children
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Receiving cargo Villagers get bananas of a boat in preparation for John Frum day.
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Village girl
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Playing marbles
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Looking up the valley Towards Yasur, the volcano. The smoke shows where the village is
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The volcano Yasur is central to the John Frum beliefs. When asked "What is the...
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