Palasisi

Palasisi, also named Mapahpan or Palassisi, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River.[2][1][3] The village was founded by Wayanas who emigrated from Brazil.[3]

Palasisi

Mapahpan
Palasisi
Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 3°17′27″N 54°5′1″W
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
ArrondissementSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni
CommuneMaripasoula
Population
 (2009)
  Total15[1]

Name

Palasisi means "white man" in the Wayana language and is usually reserved for the French.[4] Wapahpan means "place of the Wapa tree".[2]

Geography

Palasisi lies about 700 m (2,300 ft) downstream the Litani River from the village of Pëleya and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) upstream the Litani River from the village of Antecume Pata.

Notes

  1. Duin 2009, pp. 138-139.
  2. Fleury, Opoya & Aloïké 2016.
  3. Gouin, Thomas (November 26, 2013). "Dossier : les Wayanas d'Antecume Pata". France Info. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  4. Duin 2009, p. 466.

References

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