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John Frum

A cross of John Frum ceremony, the island of Tanna, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), 1967.

John Frum (or Jon Frum) is the prophet of a cargo cult in Vanuatu.

Summary

1 Cult of John Frum
2 References
- 2.1 Bibliography
- 2.2 Links to external

Cult of John Frum

On the island of Tanna , a god named "Kerapenmun", associated with a mountain, Mount Tukosmeru, is venerated. A native named Mancheri under the pseudonym of John Frum, pretended to be god and what was originally a cult .

References

(en) Political parties in Vanuatu , South Pacific University
See especially Joel Bonnemaison, Foundations of Identity: Land, history and soicit the archipelago of Vanuatu (Melanesia), Book II Tanna men and places, Editions de l'ORSTOM - French Research Institute for Scientific Development Cooperation, Paris, 1987 ( ISBN 2-7099-0819-0 ) , P. 497-498 and Waiting for Philip , August 8, 2010. Accessed November 23, 2010

Bibliography

(In) IC Jarvie, The Revolution in Anthropology, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964 (reprint 1967), pp. 61-63.
(In) Edward Rice, Cargo Cults & Cargo Messiahs in the South Pacific, Garden City: Dorrance & Co., 1974. ( ISBN 0385005237 )
(En) Bonnemaison, Joel, Tanna men places (Book 2) "in" The foundation of an identity: territory, history and society in the archipelago of Vanuatu (Melanesia): Test of cultural geography "ORSTOM Paris, 1988. FOUNDATIONS OF IDENTITY LAND, HISTORY AND SOCIETY IN THE ISLANDS OF VANUATU
(En) Tabani, Mark, A boat to Paradise: the cult of John Frum on Tanna (Vanuatu), Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 2008.