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Category: Cult

Cargo Cults are one of the more benign cults you might find in the world. They are uniquely modern form of cult, arising after the First and Second World Wars.

The most famous of them can be found on Vanuatu. In the 1910 or 1930s, a native man dress in a western fashion, calling himself John Frum, promised to bring more materials and comforts left behind from soldiers. Whichever date range to believe about this, from the adherents point of view, John Frum made good on his promises. Vanuatu was the sight of American bases in World War II and the soldiers brought all the things John Frum said he would.

The cult of John Frum still exists today, having becoming politically active in the 1970s.