Official Name: | Pïleike |
Pushpin Map: | Suriname |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Suriname |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Sipaliwini District |
Subdivision Type2: | Resort (municipality) |
Subdivision Name2: | Tapanahony |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Coordinates: | 3.3869°N -54.0531°W |
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. As of 2009, the village is abandoned.
Pïleike was the village of the influential shaman or pïyai of the same name. When he died in the late 1990s, he ordered his fellow villagers to cross the river and join Kulumuli.