Kulumuli , also known by the name Twenkë , is a Wayana village situated on an island in the Lawa River in French Guiana . Kulumuli is the residence of the granman of the Wayana in French Guiana.
7-576: The indigenous name for the village is Kulumuli, which means reed . The alternative name Twenkë refers to the late chief of the village, who was installed as granman of the Wayana in French Guiana by the French authorities. Halfway through the twentieth century, Surinamese and French authorities tried to gain a firmer grip on the interior of Suriname and French Guiana, respectively. The indigenous inhabitants of
14-497: A syrinx or Panpipes . A. donax is still the principal source material of reed makers for clarinets , saxophones , oboes , bassoons , bagpipes , and other woodwind instruments. The Var country in southern France contains the best-known supply of instrument reeds. Bamboo and, even more commonly, rattan stems are used as "reed sticks" to wick and disperse the scent of essential oils in aroma diffusers. (See Rattan § Food source .) Certain reed species were used in
21-488: Is a common name for several tall, grass-like plants of wetlands . They are all members of the order Poales (in the modern, expanded circumscription), and include: Many different cultures have used reeds in construction of buildings of various types for at least thousands of years. One contemporary example is the Marsh Arabs . Phragmites australis , the common reed , is used in many areas for thatching roofs. In
28-588: The United Kingdom , common reed used for this purpose is known as "Norfolk reed" or "water reed". However, "wheat reed" and "Devon reed" are not reeds but long-stemmed wheat straw. Ancient Greeks used Arundo donax to make flutes known as kalamaulos; this is a compound word, from kalamos (cane) + aulos (flute). At the time, the best cane for flutes came from the banks of river Kephissos, in Attica, Greece. Several kalamaulos tuned differently and tied together, made
35-467: The interior were registered in the civil registry of both colonies, and the Wayana, as inhabitants of the border between Suriname and French Guiana, were given the choice to register as either a Dutch or as a French subject. Twenkë chose the French side and founded a village on the right riverbank of the Lawa River. Twenkë was recognised by the French as the granman of the Lawa River. After his death, he
42-513: The village of Epoja . Pïleike was the village of shaman Pïleike. When he died in the late 1990s, he ordered his fellow villagers to cross the river and join Kulumuli. Kulimuli lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) downstream the Lawa River from the village of Antecume Pata and 4.5 km (2.8 mi) upstream the Lawa River from the village of Kawemhakan in Suriname . Reed (plant) Reed
49-531: Was succeeded by his son Amaipotï. In 1973, the Alsatian Jean-Paul Klingelhofer was sent by the French authorities to Kulumuli to establish a school and to work as a teacher. His wife Françoise would later start a nursery in the village. Kulumuli lies opposite the villages of Taluwen on the French east river bank and Pïleike on the Surinamese west river bank. Taluwen itself is conjoined with
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