Palasisi

Palasisi

Mapahpan
Palasisi Mapahpan
Overseas region	French Guiana
Arrondissement	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Commune	Maripasoula
Population (2009)
• Total	15

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]

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

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

References

Duin, Renzo Sebastiaan (2009). Wayana Socio-political Landscapes: Multi-scalar Regionality and Temporality in Guiana (PDF). University of Florida.
Fleury, Marie; Opoya, Tasikale; Aloïké, Waiso (2016). "Les Wayana de Guyane française sur les traces de leur histoire". Revue d'ethnoécologie. 9 (9).
doi:10.4000/ethnoecologie.2711
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[FOOTNOTEDuin2009138–139-1] Duin 2009, pp. 138–139.

[FOOTNOTEFleuryOpoyaAloïké2016-2] Fleury, Opoya & Aloïké 2016.

[franceinfodossierleswayanas-3] Gouin, Thomas (November 26, 2013). "Dossier : les Wayanas d'Antecume Pata". France Info. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

[FOOTNOTEDuin2009466-4] Duin 2009, p. 466.

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