Cargo cults were diverse spiritual and political movements that arose among indigenous Melanesians following Western colonisation of the region in the late 19th century.

2018年7月10日 · The term cargo cult originated in the 19th century as a derogatory expression characterizing indigenous practices in the Melanesia subregion of the southwestern Pacific. The principle behind the idea of cargo cults is the ritualized building of infrastructure and subsequent acquisition of European colonial trade goods as a way to accumulate wealth.

2024年12月5日 · cargo cult, any of the religious movements chiefly, but not solely, in Melanesia that exhibit belief in the imminence of a new age of blessing, to be initiated by the arrival of a special “cargo” of goods from supernatural sources—based on the observation by local residents of the delivery of supplies to colonial officials.

2024年10月10日 · A cargo cult was a religious movement that arose in an indigenous society when a charismatic leader emerged to promise that the locals would obtain the same material goods (cargo) as the foreigners if they followed certain religious practices.

Although some one-time cargo cults have been institutionalised as indigenous churches or local political organizations and remain active, few new movements of the classic cargo sort emerged after most of the Melanesian colonies achieved national independence in the 1970s.

Cargo cult is a name given to several religions. There are many cargo cults in Melanesia and New Guinea . These religions started when tribal societies saw Western things like radios .

The term cargo cult describes any new religious movement that owes its initial impetus to the encounter between a tribal (often hunter-gatherer) society and Western civilization (broadly interpreted), though it is most frequently used in the context of New Guinea and Melanesia. In this context, "cargo" refers to Western manufactured goods ...

2023年4月21日 · This is the outlandish story of cargo cults who build mock airplanes made out of rope and straw so they can claim gifts from their ancestral spirits.

2017年8月1日 · A cargo cult is a religious movement usually practiced in remote island nations where believers link prosperity with the return of a savior. The history of cargo cults is traced to the late 19th century and early 20th century in the period when remote islands in the world's oceans were explored by European explorers.

The cargo or cargo cults are a set of spiritual and religious cults or beliefs present mainly in the islands of Oceania (and generally specific to Melanesia), specifically in those populated by indigenous people with limited contact with the rest of the …