> How do we know that the objects collected and used by cargo
> cults have religious significance, rather than merely artistic
> significance which the people take very seriously?
Not being an expert on the matter, I'd start with any of the dozen
sources spanning a half-century listed at Wikipedia if it was a
serious scholarly answer I was looking for.
But being just an ordinary schmuck, I'm personally satisfied with
the sort of thing that you find in the Smithsonian Magazine
article on the subject. I see nothing whatsoever ``artistic''
in their descriptions of the people's beliefs, and everything
``religious.''
Draw your own conclusions.
Cheers,
b&
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> How do we know that the objects collected and used by cargo cults
> have religious significance, rather than merely artistic significance
> which the people take very seriously?
>
Ask a devotee?
(By now, some may be Useneteers. Maybe one will respond to your
query.)
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If my understanding is correct, if you ask them what they get out of it,
they reply, "Hopefully, cargo", and not "Artistic edification".
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