Cargo Cults

During the twentieth century, people on remote Pacific islands witnessed something that would forever change their societies.

Foreigners arrived with extraordinary wealth, powerful machines, and seemingly endless supplies of manufactured goods.

When those foreigners left, some islanders began performing elaborate rituals and building strange replicas to bring back the prosperity they had witnessed.

Learn more about the cargo cults of Melanesia on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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