Palasisi

Palasisi Mapahpan
Palasisi Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 3°17′27″N 54°5′1″W
Country	France
Overseas region	French Guiana
Arrondissement	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Commune	Maripasoula
Population  (2009)
• Total	15[1]

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

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

• 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.