Alalapadu is a Tiriyó village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village was founded by Baptist[2] missionaries next to the Alalapadu Airstrip in order to concentrate the Tiriyó of the area in one central village.[3]
Alalapadu | |
|---|---|
  Alalapadu Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 2°31′14″N 56°19′41″W / 2.52056°N 56.32806°W | |
| Country | Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini District |
| Resort | Coeroeni |
| Settled | 1961 |
| Government | |
| • Head captain | Sede Itashe[1] |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 75[1] |
History edit
In 1961 the missionary Claude Leavitt accompanied with a group of Wai-Wai Amerindians convinced the chief of the village Panapipa to settle into a modern village. The entire population moved in to what became known as Alalapadu.[4] Up to the 1970s, it was biggest Tiriyó village in Suriname.[2] Between 1976 and 1977, Alalapadu was mostly abandoned in favour of the new settlement of Kwamalasamutu, as the soils surrounding the village became depleted.[5] Alalapadu was never completely abandoned, however, and in 1999, some Tiriyó again permanently settled in the vicinity of the old village.[6] The new village is sometimes known as Alalapadu II.[7] Granman Ashongo had requested its rebuilding.[2]
Overview edit
There is no electricity. The economy is based small-scale farming. There is no school, and children have to go to boarding school in Kwamalasamutu. There is a Baptist church in the village. In 2017, a Brazil nut oil production facility opened in Alalapadu.[8]
Notes edit
- ^ a b "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "DORPSPLAN ALALAPADU 2011–2014" (PDF). Institute for Graduate Studies and Research via Kennis Bank (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Wekker, Molendijk & Vernooij 1992, p. 42.
- ^ Mans & Carlin 2015, p. 94.
- ^ Wekker, Molendijk & Vernooij 1992, p. 43.
- ^ Heemskerk & Delvoye 2007, p. 32.
- ^ Mans 2012, p. 23.
- ^ "Oplevering Brazil nut olie productiefaciliteit te Alalapadu in Zuid-Suriname". Suriname Herald. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
References edit
- Heemskerk, Marieke; Delvoye, Katia (2007). Trio Baseline Study: A sustainable livelihoods perspective on the Trio Indigenous Peoples of South Suriname (PDF). Paramaribo: Stichting Amazon Conservation Team-Suriname.
- Mans, Jimmy (2012). Amotopoan trails: a recent archaeology of Trio movements. Leiden: Sidestone Press. hdl:1887/19857. ISBN 978-90-8890-098-3.
- Mans, Jimmy; Carlin, Eithne B. (2015). Movement through Time in the Southern Guianas: Deconstructing the Amerindian Kaleidoscope. Leiden: Brill.
- Wekker, J.; Molendijk, M.; Vernooij, J. (1992). De eerste volken van Suriname. Paramaribo: Stichting 12 oktober 1992.