John Frum and Tanna

<p><a href=“History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places Smithsonian Magazine”>History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places Smithsonian Magazine;

<p>I find this just facinating…</p>

<p>"This is February 15, John Frum Day, on the remote island of Tanna in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. On this holiest of days, devotees have descended on the village of Lamakara from all over the island to honor a ghostly American messiah, John Frum. </p>