John Frum

Elsewhere on Tanna, some people worship a shadowy American figure they call John Frum - probably a legacy of the GIs stationed in the New Hebrides during the Second World War, who brought large quantities of cargo (equipment and material goods).

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

Elsewhere on Tanna, some people worship a shadowy American figure they call John Frum - probably a legacy of the GIs stationed in the New Hebrides during the Second World War, who brought large quantities of cargo (equipment and material goods).

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

Elsewhere on Tanna, some people worship a shadowy American figure they call John Frum - probably a legacy of the GIs stationed in the New Hebrides during the Second World War, who brought large quantities of cargo (equipment and material goods).

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

Elsewhere on Tanna, some people worship a shadowy American figure they call John Frum - probably a legacy of the GIs stationed in the New Hebrides during the Second World War, who brought large quantities of cargo (equipment and material goods).

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

The confrontation was between the members of a long-established cargo cult called the John Frum movement, and a breakaway faction which wants to move with the times and embrace Christianity.

Culture clash in the South Seas 2004

FOR 60 years, the people of Tanna island shunned Christianity in the belief that a mysterious saviour called John Frum would bring them boundless wealth.

John Frum is given his marching orders 2001

Adherents to the movement, which encourages the return to traditional customs of dancing and kava-drinking, also believe that a hero, "John Frum" will one day return, bringing with him the riches seen in the hands of American GIs during World War II -- including radios and cars.

"MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader 2010

Forgive me, in being a layman at best - but, in the end, what's the difference between the evidence for Jesus and the evidence for John Frum?

Mythicism: Microexistence vs. Macroexistence? James F. McGrath 2010

He's going there to witness John Frum Day, an annual religious celebration of the island's John Frum's cargo cult, a religion based on Tanna's brief exposure to American servicemen during World War II.

Make Way for Mamet the Didact! 2009

A cargo cult on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu celebrates John Frum Day every February 15th.

John Frum Day | clusterflock 2009