John Frum. John Frum gathering area.
History[edit] John Frum cargo cult and their ceremonial flag raising In 1941, followers of John Frum rid themselves of their money in a frenzy of spending, left the missionary churches, schools, villages and plantations, and moved inland to participate in traditional feasts, dances and rituals. European colonial authorities sought to suppress the movement, at one point arresting a Tannese man who was calling himself John Frum, humiliating him publicly, imprisoning him and ultimately exiling him along with other leaders of the cult to another island in the archipelago.[7][8][9] Despite this effort, the movement gained popularity in the early 1940s when 300,000 American troops were stationed in New Hebrides during World War II, bringing with them an enormous amount of supplies, or "cargo".[10] After the war and the departure of the Americans, followers of John Frum built symbolic landing strips to encourage American airplanes to land and bring them "cargo".
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