Culture & Arts Archive June 2019

In 1902, August Engelhardt moved from Germany to Kabakon Island in Papua New Guinea where he started a coconut-eating, sun-worshipping sect.

Engelhardt: The Man Who Founded a Coconut Cult

The Coconut Tree carries a label that is probably the envy of other trees, or palms for that matter – "The Tree of Life."

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