Poeloegoedoe (also: Pulugudu and ''Pori Gudu'') is a village in the

Tapanahony River The Tapanahony River (sometimes called Tapanahoni) is a major river in the south eastern part of Suriname, South America. The river originates in the Southern part of the Eilerts de Haan Mountains, near the border with Brazil. It joins the Marowijn ...

at the confluence with the Lawa River. It is named after the Poeloegoedoe Falls and is inhabitated by

maroons Maroons are descendants of African diaspora in the Americas, Africans in the Americas who escaped from slavery and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples, eventually ethnogenesi ...

of the

Ndyuka people The Ndyuka people (also spelled 'Djuka') or Aukan people (''Okanisi''), are one of six Maroon peoples (formerly called "Bush Negroes", which also has pejorative tinges) in the Republic of Suriname and one of the Maroon peoples in French Guia ...

. The village is located in the

Tapanahony Tapanahoni is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 13,808. Tapanahoni is a part of Sipaliwini which has no capital, but is directly governed from Paramaribo. Tapanahony is an enormous r ...

resort of

Sipaliwini District Sipaliwini is the largest district of Suriname, located in the south. Sipaliwini is the only district that does not have a regional capital, as it is directly administered by the national government in Paramaribo. History Sipaliwini was created i ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

History

The Poeloegoedoe Falls are located at the confluence of the

with the Lawa River after which both rivers continue as the

Marowijne River The Maroni or Marowijne (french: link=no, Maroni, nl, Marowijne, Sranan Tongo: ''Marwina-Liba'') is a river in South America that forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname. Course The Maroni runs through the Guianan moist forest ...

. The hills on the Surinamese and French side constitute a large wall, and the river is squeezed through a 20-metre opening. The word Poeloegoedoe means "takes your possessions" (compare: pull goods). In 1805, there was a

mutiny Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people (typically of a military, of a crew or of a crew of pirates) to oppose, change, or overthrow an organization to which they were previously loyal. The term is commonly used for a rebellion among member ...

of the Corps of Black Hunters () which had been established to protect the colony of Suriname against attacks by

. The soldiers moved into the tribal area of the

and reached an agreement. On 3 June 1806, the postholder Kelderman reported that they had settled in Poeloegoedoe and had created gardens for subsistence farming. The location was a strategic choice of the Ndyuka to protect the Tapanahony River against attacks by the

Aluku The Aluku are a Bushinengue ethnic group living mainly on the riverbank in Maripasoula in southwest French Guiana. The group are sometimes called Boni, referring to the 18th-century leader, Bokilifu Boni. History The Aluku are an ethnic gro ...

, an enemy maroon people. The soldiers were later integrated into the tribe as one of the ''los'' (matrilinear kinship groups).

Overview

Poeloegoedoe is a small village, and does not have a school or clinic. There is a gold concession near the village.

References

Bibliography

* {{Surinamese District Sipaliwini Ndyuka settlements Populated places in Sipaliwini District