Age: 38, Gender: Female, Nationality: Portuguese, Main language: Portuguese, Language of interview: English, lives in Germany -- Interviewer: When you hear the word cult, what comes to your mind? Interviewee: People dressed in white Interviewer: Amazing thank you. Briefly would you mind telling me why you associate them with a cult? Interviewee: There's often someone dressed in white, pope, orthodox ppl, imam, kkk, umbanda, evangelical, jesus underwear is white too. The sacred dove that represents the spirit is white, usa isr43l have white, hygiene standards are linked to white. At the supermarket whitening products, medical machines are white, stores are white. Interviewee: People marry dressed in white, purity concepts, virginity etc All culty things to me. Interviewer: Sorry also just to confirm, are "people dressed in white" a cult or some kind of centric attribute to these "cult" groups or phenomenon you mentioned after? Interviewee: What comes to my mind when I hear the word cult is people dressed in white Interviewee: I took it as the first image that comes to my mind Interviewee: My most inmediate angle of knowledge is visual, so it's what I visualized Interviewee: Happy to answer further
--- Interview Notes: gathered on instagram after posting a story asking for people to share their thoughts on the word "cult." The interview was conducted via direct message, on Thursday, August 13th 2026. Personal information have been anonymized.