Amatopo
Amatopo
Amotopo | |
|---|---|
  Amatopo Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates:3°32′50″N57°38′35″W/ 3.54722°N 57.64306°W | |
| Country | Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini District |
| Resort | Coeroeni |
| Government | |
| • Head captain | Pepoe Ipajari[1] |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 27[1] |
AmatopoorAmotopois aTiriyóvillage on theCourentyne Riverin theSipaliwini DistrictofSuriname.[2]The village lies next to theAmatopo Airstripand about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) upstream from the village ofLucie.The Frederik Willem IV Falls and Arapahu Island are located near the village.
Overview
[edit]The residents of the village consider themselvesOkomoyana,which means "wasp people". The Okomoyana category can be seen as a subdivision of the Tiriyó people, and the Okomoyana indeed speak theTiriyó language.[3]The villagers who settled in the village came fromKwamalasamutu.[4]
The airstrip was constructed duringOperation Grasshopper.In theWest Suriname Plan,Amatopo was to play an important role in the mining ofbauxitein the area. Even a road was constructed from Amatopo toParamaribo,but this road was deserted after theSurinamese Interior War.[5]The first two settlers moved into the unused buildings near the airstrip. Later a pilot chased them away.Asongo Alalaparu,thegranman(paramount chief) told them to return, and built their houses next to the facilities which were already present. The settlement started in 2001.[6]
Frederik Willem IV Falls
[edit]The Frederik Willem IV Falls also Anora Falls[7]are located in theCourentyne Rivernear Amatopo. In 1871,Charles Barrington Browndiscovered that the river above the waterfalls splits into two rivers. Arapahu Island is a river island located below the waterfalls.[8]
Tourism
[edit]An eco-lodge at Arapahu Island is situated half an hour upstream from Amatopo. The visitors of the eco-lodge make use of Amatopo Airstrip to reach their destination.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ab"Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen".Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname(in Dutch).Retrieved22 June2022.
- ^Carlin & Mans 2015,p. 93.
- ^Mans 2011,p. 208.
- ^Heemskerk & Delvoye 2007,p. 129.
- ^abMans 2011,p. 209.
- ^Mans 2012,p. 131.
- ^"Distrikt Sipaliwini 2".Suriname.nu(in Dutch).Retrieved16 December2021.
- ^Patrick Woodhead (21 May 2006)."Tumble in the Jungle".New York Times.Retrieved16 December2021.
References
[edit]- Carlin, Eithne B.; Mans, Jimmy (2015). "Movement through Time in the Southern Guianas: Deconstructing the Amerindian Kaleidoscope". In Carlin, Eithne B.; Léglise, Isabelle; Migge, Bettina; Tjon Sie Fat, Paul B. (eds.).In and Out of Suriname: Language, Mobility and Identity.Leiden, Boston: Brill. pp. 76–100.ISBN978-90-04-28011-3.
- 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 (2011). "Trio movements and the Amotopoan flux". In Hofman, Corinne Lisette; Van Duijvenbode, Anne (eds.).Communities in contact: Essays in archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography of the Amerindian circum-Caribbean.Leiden: Sidestone Press. pp. 205–222.ISBN978-90-88-90063-1.
- Mans, Jimmy (2012).Amotopoan trails: a recent archaeology of Trio movements.Leiden: Sidestone Press.hdl:1887/19857.ISBN978-90-8890-098-3.