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Villagers on the island of Tanna dance in John Frum's honor each February 15. Clan leaders first saw their Yankee Messiah in the late 1930s. He later appeared to them during WWII, dressed in white ...
t. e. John Frum (also called Jon Frum, [1] John Brum, [2] and John Prum [3]) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. He is often depicted as an American World War II serviceman who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow him. Quoting David Attenborough 's report of an encounter: " 'E look ...
Aug 13, 2017 · The members of the John Frum cargo cult worship a god called John Frum, usually depicted by members of the cult as an American G.I. in uniform. Some believe that the name "John Frum" is a corruption of the larger phrase "John from America." Another cult on the same island worships a god called Tom Navy.
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Sep 20, 2009 · The island’s John Frum movement is a classic example of what anthropologists have called a “cargo cult”—many of which sprang up in villages in the South Pacific during World War II, when hundreds of thousands of American troops poured into the islands from the skies and seas. As anthropologist Kirk Huffman, who spent 17 years in Vanuatu ...
Oct 3, 2017 · In the past few decades though, the John Frum Movement has been weakened on Tanna. This is due, in part, to the rise of Seventh-day Adventism but also to an evolution of thinking in the younger ...
conducting fieldwork in Vanuatu, mainly based on the island of Tanna. My doctoral re-search was primarily focused on the traditionalist implications of the discourses and neo-traditional practices of the followers of the John Frum movement. In 1994, this politico-religious movement was released from a period of severe control and political
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Feb 19, 2007 · John Frum Day parade. Every year on February 15th, natives of Tanna Island in the Republic of Vanuatu hold a grand celebration in honor of an imaginary man named John Frum. Villagers clothe themselves in homemade US Army britches, paint “USA” on their bare chests and backs, and run a replica of Old Glory up the flagpole alongside the Marine ...
