{"id":68695,"date":[],"date_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apsaidal.com\/the-traditional-mud-tower-houses-of-koutammakou\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T01:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:13:51","slug":"koutammakou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apsaidal.com\/fr\/koutammakou\/","title":{"rendered":"Koutammakou, le pays des Batammariba"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Site du patrimoine mondial de l&#8217;UNESCO depuis 2004.<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"2306\" data-end=\"2792\">Koutammakou est un paysage culturel mixte situ\u00e9 au nord-est du Togo et au nord-ouest du B\u00e9nin, habit\u00e9 par le peuple batammariba (\u00e9galement appel\u00e9 tammari, tamberma ou somba). Ce site inscrit au Patrimoine mondial de l\u2019UNESCO en 2004 (crit\u00e8res v et vi) et \u00e9tendu en 2023 incarne un patrimoine vivant d\u2019architecture vernaculaire, d\u2019adaptation agro\u00e9cologique et de croyances ancestrales, exprim\u00e9 notamment par les embl\u00e9matiques maisons-tours en terre appel\u00e9es <em data-start=\"2765\" data-end=\"2775\">takienta<\/em> (ou <em data-start=\"2780\" data-end=\"2788\">sikien<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2794\" data-end=\"3256\">Koutammakou constitue un paysage culturel holistique rare, o\u00f9 architecture, agriculture, spiritualit\u00e9 et \u00e9cologie sont intimement li\u00e9es. Les <em data-start=\"2935\" data-end=\"2945\">takienta<\/em>\u2014tours cylindriques en terre et bois surmont\u00e9es de toits coniques en chaume\u2014sont con\u00e7ues selon une organisation spatiale et sociale pr\u00e9cise : le rez-de-chauss\u00e9e abrite les animaux, l\u2019\u00e9tage interm\u00e9diaire les activit\u00e9s domestiques, et les niveaux sup\u00e9rieurs les greniers et plates-formes rituelles ou de stockage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3258\" data-end=\"3667\">Chaque maison s\u2019ins\u00e8re dans un environnement fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 de champs en terrasses, bosquets, sources et autels ancestraux. Le paysage est travers\u00e9 par des syst\u00e8mes de croyance anim\u00e9s : les batammariba v\u00e9n\u00e8rent la \u201cM\u00e8re Serpent\u201d (divinit\u00e9 souterraine), les esprits des anc\u00eatres et les \u00e9l\u00e9ments naturels. C\u00e9r\u00e9monies, festivals, cartographies sacr\u00e9es et performances culturelles renforcent leur identit\u00e9 bioculturelle.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3669\" data-end=\"3962\">Leur nom autoproclam\u00e9\u2014\u201cceux qui fa\u00e7onnent la terre\u201d\u2014met en avant leur ma\u00eetrise architecturale fond\u00e9e sur l\u2019harmonie \u00e9cologique. Comme le souligne l\u2019UNESCO : \u201cun exemple remarquable d\u2019occupation du territoire par un peuple en qu\u00eate constante d\u2019harmonie entre l\u2019homme et la nature environnante.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3964\" data-end=\"4357\">Malgr\u00e9 les pressions environnementales et les mutations culturelles, des initiatives communautaires de conservation, l\u2019artisanat traditionnel et les programmes de patrimoine immat\u00e9riel soutenus par l\u2019UNESCO \u0153uvrent \u00e0 pr\u00e9server ce patrimoine vivant. Le site reste un rep\u00e8re culturel et un paysage \u00e9ducatif, offrant un aper\u00e7u pr\u00e9cieux sur des traditions r\u00e9silientes ancr\u00e9es dans leur territoire.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"3\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sources: <\/span><\/b>UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Wikipedia, Met Museum \u201cSikien of Koutammakou\u201d, African World Heritage Sites; WorldMonumentsFund; RethinkingTheFuture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Site du patrimoine mondial de l&#8217;UNESCO depuis 2004. Koutammakou est un paysage culturel mixte situ\u00e9 au nord-est du Togo et au nord-ouest du B\u00e9nin, habit\u00e9 par le peuple batammariba (\u00e9galement appel\u00e9 tammari, tamberma ou somba). 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