  We discuss a way of creating, manipulating and detecting anyons in rotating
Bose-Einstein condensates consisting of a small number of atoms . By achieving
a quasidegeneracy in the atomic motional states we drive the system into a
1/2--Laughlin state for fractional quantum Hall bosons. Localized
1/2--quasiholes can be created by focusing lasers at the desired positions. We
show how to manipulate these quasiholes in order to probe directly their
1/2--statistics.
