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that is, the cult of
these cargo airplanes.

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Along the great oceanic
course between

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Hong Kong and Australia,
flown every day by tens

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of cargo airplanes
that stop here in Moresby,

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the Cargo Cult has a temple
almost everywhere.

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Here is one,
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with the altar built at
an altitude of 3,000 meters.

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The small airplane
is at one end of the track.

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On the other end,
the control tower.

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The native of
the Rozo and Mekeo tribes

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wait for some airplane,
attracted by their bamboo decoy,

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to land on this track.
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To them, airplanes
come from heaven,

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sent by their ancestors,
but the white men,

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those cunning thieves,
take charge of them

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and lure them
in the big Port Moresby trap.

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Build your airport too,
says the Cargo Cult doctrine,

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and wait with faith.

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