Regional/Cultural Day
Somba Tata Gbe
The tata Somba houses of northern Benin look like small clay fortresses with thatched turrets on top, which is exactly what they are. Each compound has a ground floor for livestock, a middle floor for grain storage, and a top floor where the family sleeps. The Somba people built these for centuries and they still build them today because nothing else works as well in this landscape.
