Tutu Kampu

Tutu Kampu, also known as Kulumuli, is a Wayana village on the Tapanahony River in Suriname. The village consists of about five households and is headed by the shaman or pïyai Samé.[2][3] The village acts as the border village between Wayana territory further upstream the Tapanahony River and the village of Granbori from the Ndyuka territory further downstream.[2]

Tutu Kampu
Kulumuli
Tutu Kampu is located in Suriname
Tutu Kampu
Tutu Kampu
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 3°34′38″N 54°57′5″W
Country Suriname
DistrictSipaliwini District
Resort (municipality)Tapanahony
Government
 • CaptainSamé
Population
 (2006)
 • Total22[1]

The village has a community house or tukusipan at its centre.[4]

Notes
  1. Heemskerk et al. 2007, p. 21.
  2. Heemskerk et al. 2007, p. 39.
  3. Boven 2006, p. 243.
  4. Heemskerk et al. 2007, p. 115.

References
  • Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.
  • Heemskerk, Marieke; Delvoye, Katia; Noordam, Dirk; Teunissen, Pieter (2007). Wayana Baseline Study: A sustainable livelihoods perspective on the Wayana Indigenous Peoples living in and around Puleowime (Apetina), Palumeu, and Kawemhakan (Anapaike) in Southeast Suriname (PDF). Paramaribo: Stichting Amazon Conservation Team-Suriname.


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