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Pgstreby on 2007-12-16 - Tags cargo_cult
Grsilverman on 2007-08-31 - Tags cargocults , religion , cult

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on 2007-12-16 by pgstreby

"The John Frum cult first emerged in Vanuatu in the 1930s, when the island was jointly ruled by Britain and France as the New Hebrides." BBC ARTICLE Though there may be "Frumm" or "Frumme" or "Fromme" which are common German/Jewish family names, much like 'Frum' may have been 'From.'

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John Frum (or Jon Frum; John From) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. He is depicted as an American World War II serviceman, who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow him. He is sometimes portrayed as black, sometimes as white; from David Attenborough's report of an encounter: "'E look like you. 'E got white face. 'E tall man. 'E live 'long South America."^[1]

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