List of cargo cults
The list of cargo cults is based on various works (by Kenelm Burridge , Adolphus Peter Elkin , Peter Worsley , Friedrich Steinbauer and others) reproduced a list of various larger cargo cults in Melanesia .
The overview is by geographical areas - from west to east - divided: Western West New Guinea , eastern West New Guinea, the region Papua , the region around the Sepik , Madang Province , Morobe Province , the highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago , Solomon Islands , Vanuatu ( New Hebrides ), New Caledonia and Fiji Islands .
Table overview
Name of the movement | time | region | Leader of the movement | Others |
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Mansren-Koreri Movement | 1857-1901 | Western Western New Guinea | Korano Baibo u. a Konors (magicians, heralds, precursors) | |
Koreri movement of the Angganita | 1939-1942 | Western Western New Guinea | Angganita Menufaur | |
Mansren revolts of Stephen | 1942-1947 | Western Western New Guinea | Stefanus Simopiaref, Stefanus Dawan and Mrs. Teodora, Jan Simopiaref, Korinus and Boseren u. a. | |
Simon's grave cult | 1940-1944 | Eastern Western New Guinea | Samson | |
Muyu unity movement | 1942-1955 | Eastern Western New Guinea | Karum | |
Baigona cult | 1912-1920 | Papua | Maine, Gaiaribari, Eroro, Kaipa, Sinemi, Aede | |
Vailala madness | 1919-1931 | Gulf of Papua, Vailala | Evara, Kori, Ua Halai, beers, Harea, Hairi | |
Filo cult | 1940 / 41-1947 | Papua | Aisa Piau, Keama Gnu'u, Konio Gnu'u, Kavo Ipame, Ikuvu Evi u. a. | |
Tommy Kabu cooperative movement | 1945-1947 | Papua | Koivi Aua (= Tommy Kabu) | |
Four Prophets Movement | 1931 | Sepik Province | The so-called four prophets or four black kings | |
Mountain King Movement | 1935 | Sepik Province | Anonymous enthusiasts | |
Kilibob manup expectation | 1900-1914 | Madang Province | unknown | |
As bilong cargo movement | about 1933-1935 | Madang Province | Various cath. and evangelical missionary helpers | |
Mambu movement | 1937-1939 | Madang Province | Mambu | |
Pre-Yali Cults | from 1945/46 | Madang Province | Uririba, Kazan, Pales, Polelesi, Kaum u. a. | |
Yali movement | 1946-1955 | Madang Province | Yali, Gurek and many others | |
Post Yali Cults | from 1950 | Madang Province | Local Yali worshipers | |
Money spell | 1922-1927-1938 | Morobe Province | Tutumang, Mutali, Tikombe | |
Marafi satanic cult | 1933-1936 | Morobe Province | Marafi | |
Upikno cult | 1933-1938 | Morobe Province | Upikno - Lazarus, Zorika u. a. | |
Mangzo movement | from 1946 | Morobe Province | Several enthusiasts | |
Neo Mangzo Cults | from 1958 | Morobe Province | Several enthusiasts | |
Fever wind movement | around 1945 | Highlands of Papua New Guinea | Anonymous visionaries | |
Batari movement | 1940-1942 | Bismarck Archipelago | Batari et al. a. | |
Paliau movement | from 1945 | Bismarck Archipelago | Paliau Maloat and precursor | |
Johnson cult on Lavongai | 1964 | Bismarck Archipelago | Anonymous freedom fighters | |
Pseudo-military movement | 1934 | Solomon Islands | Sanop | |
Pokokoqoro cult | 1939-1940 | Solomon Islands | Police officer Pokokoqoro u. a. | |
Welfare Society on Buka | since 1953 | Solomon Islands | John Teosin, Francis Hagai, and Sava Korachi et al. a. | |
Kieta movements | around 1960 | Solomon Islands | Anton Kearei and other anonymous agitators | |
Ronovuro cult | 1923 | Vanuatu | Ronovuro et al. a. | |
John Frum Movement | from 1940 | Vanuatu | Manehevi, Neloiag, Iokaeye and many others | |
Nude cult | 1944-1951 | Vanuatu | Tsek (or Tieka) from Nakuvu | |
Nagriamel movement | from 1966 | Vanuatu | Jimmy Stevens | |
Communist freedom movement | from 1945 | New Caledonia | Several anonymous leaders | |
Luveniwai movement | 1880-1920 | Fiji | Various anonymous young men and "magicians" | |
Apolosi movement | 1914-1940 | Fiji | Apolosi | |
Prince Philip Movement |
literature
- Kenelm Burridge : New Heaven, New Earth. A Study of Millenarian Activities. Oxford 1969
- Adolphus Peter Elkin : Social anthropology in Melanesia: a review of research. Oxford University Press, London 1953
- Peter Worsley : The trumpet will sound. Cargo cults in Melanesia. Frankfurt am Main 1973
- Friedrich Steinbauer : Melanesian cargo cults. New religious salvation movements in the South Seas. Delp, Munich 1971
- Holger Jebens: Kago and Kastom. On the relationship between cultural perception of others and of self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007