Palasisi
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|subdivision_name2 = Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
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Palasisi, also named Mapahpan or Palassisi, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River.{{sfn|Fleury|Opoya|Aloïké|2016}}{{sfn|Duin|2009|pp=138-139}}{{cite news|last1=Gouin|first1=Thomas|title=Dossier : les Wayanas d'Antecume Pata|url=http://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guyane/2013/11/26/dossier-les-wayanas-d-antecume-pata-88357.html|access-date=March 27, 2017|work=France Info|date=November 26, 2013}} The village was founded by Wayanas who emigrated from Brazil.
Name
Palasisi means "white man" in the Wayana language and is usually reserved for the French.{{sfn|Duin|2009|p=466}} Wapahpan means "place of the Wapa tree".{{sfn|Fleury|Opoya|Aloïké|2016}}
Geography
Palasisi lies about {{convert|700|m|abbr=on}} downstream the Litani River from the village of Pëleya and {{convert|1.5|km|abbr=on}} upstream the Litani River from the village of Antécume-Pata.
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References
- {{cite book |last=Duin |first=Renzo Sebastiaan |year=2009 |title=Wayana Socio-political Landscapes: Multi-scalar Regionality and Temporality in Guiana |url=http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0041100/duin_r.pdf |publisher=University of Florida }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Fleury |first1=Marie |last2=Opoya |first2=Tasikale |last3=Aloïké |first3=Waiso |date=2016 |title=Les Wayana de Guyane française sur les traces de leur histoire |journal=Revue d'ethnoécologie |volume=9 |issue= 9|doi=10.4000/ethnoecologie.2711 |doi-access=free }}
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Category:Indigenous villages in French Guiana
Category:Islands of French Guiana
Category:Villages in French Guiana
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