Koutammakou [ku.tam.ma.ku], the Land of the Batammariba [ba.tam.ma.ri.ba] - Benin, Togo (Ditammari, a Togolese language)

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The Koutammakou landscape in north-eastern Togo and neighbouring Benin is home to the Batammariba, whose remarkable mud tower-houses are known as <em>takienta</em> (<em>sikien</em> in the plural). Nature is strongly associated with the rituals and beliefs of society here. The landscape is exceptional due to the architecture of the tower-houses which reflect the social structure; its farmland and forest; and the associations between people and landscape. The buildings are grouped in villages, whi

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