Cargo cult
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cargo-cult-206-10365054
title:
Cargo cult
text:
Cargo cult is a term used to denote various spiritual and political movements that arose among indigenous Melanesians following Western colonisation of the region in the late 19th century. Although the term "cargo cult" has been used by anthropologists to "label almost any sort of organised, village-based social movement with religious and political aspirations", features common to most cargo cult groups include the presence of charismatic prophet figures foretelling an imminent cataclysm and/or
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
New religious movement
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
date created:
2002-09-19T16:46:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T17:36:01Z
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13
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