Palasisi
Palasisi, also named Mapahpan or Palassisi, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River. 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. Wapahpan means "place of the Wapa tree". Geography. Palasisi lies about downstream the Litani River from the village of Pëleya and upstream the Litani River from the village of Antecume Pata.