Talk:Vailala Madness
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[edit] Differences vs Cargo Cult article
This article seems to imply in some places that this was the first actual cargo cult, which seems to disagree with Cargo Cult itself, which states the first was in 1885. Anybody care to resolve the discrepancy? I don't. Eaglizard 01:52, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] This was the first well documented cargo cult
There are two points to bear in mind: (1) cargo cult is a term that developed around 1941, and was then retrospectively applied to religious movements, but only movements in Melanesia. This is fairly arbitrary. (2) some of the movements that would later be classified as cargo cults are poorly known. It ins't clear why they are classified one way or another, and we don't know much about them anyway.
The cargo cult page needs fixing - the Taro cult was not a cargo cult by any definition, and it is usually not accepted that the Tuka movement was a cargo cult. But again, this is fruitless debate, it is a matter of definition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.139.143.143 (talk) 04:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
