Cannibal Tours and the City of the Dead

Cannibal Tours to cargo cult: On the aftermath of tourism in the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

"In 2010, many Eastern Iatmul reported dreaming about the place of the dead—a place that resembles a vibrant city, full of cars, packaged food, technology, commodities, and money. “Now we think the dead live in America,” said one man in the men’s house to much agreement. When Avawundumbu returns, my friends continued, she will remove the broken canoe, thus opening the “road,” so villagers can finally visit the dead and obtain the goods and cash they so desperately seek. I had never heard anything like this before."

Also, the search for intelligent life continues:

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