Talk:Hahalis Welfare Society

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Did you know... that in 1975, more than half the population of Buka Island were members of the Hahalis Welfare Society?

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Basis of Cat's Cradle?[edit]

Anyone know if this is the basis of Vonnegut's 'Cat's Cradle'? Seems eerily similar. Its a cargo cult, they have many Boko words, and this is Buka Island. Doesn't really need to be in the article perhaps, but I am interested... 192.249.47.163 (talk) 17:30, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just did some research and I can't find anything to support it; interesting thought though and if I do find sources to support it, I'll add them to the article. PaintedCarpet (talk) 18:42, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To do[edit]

As a stopgap, I have corrected Francis Hagai's name outside of the Swatridge quote, and altered 'Haihai' to Halia, the correct auto-designation of the people involved at the early stages of the movement.

Hahalis is the name of the village where movement was founded. Halia is the language group/ethnic term for the initial membership. 'Haihai' is a meaningless term, it is not clear where this has come from.

The authoritarive sources on this movement is Max and Eleanor Rimoldi 1992, Hahalis and the Labour of Love. The sources cited here deal with the movement at best tangentially, whereas the Rimoldis were anthropologists present at the time in Buka. There are some additional sources that would be required in a comprehensive review.

It is misleading to label the movement as 'anti-tax'. The leaders of the movement were on record supporting the payment of tax but not unconditionally; they supported an increase in taxes if government services were delivered. (This and much else is dealt with in the the Rimoldis book).

The article requires a thorough revision; it is not reliable at the moment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.203.228.40 (talk) 06:26, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]