Among the earliest were the Tuka Movement of Fiji, which began in 1885, the Taro Movement in Northern Papua and the Vailala Madness described by the anthropologist F.E. Williams.
Among the earliest were the Tuka Movement of Fiji, which began in 1885, the Taro Movement in Northern Papua and the Vailala Madness described by the anthropologist F.E. Williams.* They were most widespread in the Pacific islands during and after WWII, because of the abundance of war matériel. When Allied forces moved on, the islanders no longer had access to these items and sought to reacquire them through emulating the behavior of the white men with whom the items came. FTP, what term is applied to these religious movements, which often resulted in the construction of airstrips and associated equipment out of coconuts or other indigenous materials to reacquire the goods they sought?
Among the earliest were the Tuka Movement of Fiji, which began in 1885, the Taro Movement in Northern Papua and the Vailala Madness described by the anthropologist F.E. Williams.
Cargo Cults