Pïleike

Pïleike
Pïleike
	Pïleike Location in Suriname
	Coordinates: 3°23′13″N 54°3′11″W / 3.38694°N 54.05306°W
Country	Suriname
District	Sipaliwini District
Resort (municipality)	Tapanahony
Population (2009)
• Total	0

Pïleike was a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies across the Lawa River from the island village of Kulumuli, which is considered to lie in French Guiana.^[2] As of 2009, the village is abandoned.^[1]

History

Pïleike was the village of the influential shaman or pïyai of the same name. When he passed away in the late 1990s, he ordered his fellow villagers to cross the river and join Kulumuli.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Duin 2009, p. 239.
^ Boven 2006, p. 78.

References

Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Duin, Renzo Sebastiaan (2009). Wayana Socio-political Landscapes: Multi-scalar Regionality and Temporality in Guiana (PDF). University of Florida. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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[FOOTNOTEDuin2009239-1] Duin 2009, p. 239.

[FOOTNOTEBoven200678-2] Boven 2006, p. 78.

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