Palasisi

Palasisi Mapahpan
Palasisi Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 3°17′27″N54°5′1″W / 3.29083°N 54.08361°W / 3.29083; -54.08361
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 Antécume-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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
• 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 .