Togo. Kara Region. Koutammakou is a cultural landscape designated in 2004 as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. A Tamberma man carries straw on his head and walks by cotton fields. The straw will be used to fix granaries roofs. The Tamberma are famous for their two-story fortified houses, known as Takienta (Tata, Tata Somba or Ditammari) in which the ground floor houses livestock at night, internal alcoves are used for cooking, and the upper floor contains a rooftop courtyard that is used for drying grain, as well as containing sleeping quarters and granaries. 2.12.2024 © 2024 Didier Ruef