Kasuela
Kasuela
Cashew Island | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Kasuela Location in Guyana | |
| Coordinates: 3°16′39″N 57°35′58″W / 3.27750°N 57.59944°W | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | East Berbice-Corentyne |
| Government | |
| • Toshao | Kenke Jaimo[1] |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
| • Total | 80 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 |
| Climate | Af |
Kasuela (also Cashew Island, Kasjoe Eiland and Casuela) is an indigenous village of the Tiriyó people[3] in the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana. The village has a population of about 80 people.[2] The inhabitants are of the subgroup Mawayana or the Frog people.[4]
The village is located inside the disputed Tigri Area.
History[edit]
Kasuela is the oldest village of Western Trio Group and is located on an island in the middle of the New River.[3] Camp Jaguar known in Suriname as Camp Tigri[5] is located about four kilometres (2+1⁄2 miles) north of the village.[2] The first settlers were Tiriyó from Kwamalasamutu in Suriname. In 1997, a Wai-wai family from Akotopono joined the village.[3]
Overview[edit]
In 2011, a school was opened in the village.[2] In 2020, the village received access to health care.[6] As of 2018, Kasuela was not connected to the telephone network or internet.[7] The inhabitants are allowed to vote in both the Surinamese elections,[8] as well as the Guyanese elections,[9] however the village did not participate in the 2018 village council elections, because they preferred to choose their leaders in the traditional way.[10]
Kasuela can be accessed via the river or by the airstrip located at Camp Jaguar.[5]
Language[edit]
The Mawayana subgroup originally spoke the Mawayana language which has already been replaced by the Tiriyó language.[11] The last two speakers are in Kwamalasamutu as of 2015.[12][11] The transition to Tiriyó was voluntary and a result of banding together in larger villages.[13] The school has already stated that it will teach the children in the English language.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van inheemse dorpshoofden Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "GDF impacts Cashew Island through education". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Amotopoan trails : a recent archaeology of Trio movements - Page 5". University of Leiden. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Mans 2011, p. 209-210.
- ^ a b "Een halve eeuw Tigri". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 August 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Newly credited CHW to serve Cashew Island community". Department of Public Information, Guyana. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Telesur wil mast opzetten in Coeroeni en overige nabije dorpen". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Twee stembureaus erbij in kiesressort Coeroeni". De Boodschap.today (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "GECOM reports smooth election process thus far". Department of Public Information, Guyana. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Evidence of Political Interference in Village Councils Elections". Kaieteur News Online. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ a b Mans & Carlin 2015, p. 98.
- ^ Carlin 2006, p. 317.
- ^ Eithne Carlin. "Komende eeuw verdwijnen 6000 van de 7000 talen". Scientias (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
References[edit]
- Carlin, Eithne B. (2006). Feeling the Need (PDF). University of Leiden.
- Mans, Jimmy (2011). Hofman, Corinne Lisette; Van Duijvenbode, Anne (eds.). Chapter: Trio movements and the Amotopoan flux. Leiden: Sidestone Press. ISBN 978-90-88-90063-1.
- Mans, Jimmy; Carlin, Eithne B. (2015). Movement through Time in the Southern Guianas: Deconstructing the Amerindian Kaleidoscope. Leiden: Brill.
External links[edit]
- The Last of the Mawayana by Unravel magazine
