📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
FAGAD
💼 What the programme involves
Theme : Protection and enhancement of Unesco word heritage: koutammakou ( Action for sustainability)
Projet « Action for sustainability » initiated by the World Patrimony of UNESCO and the Coordination Committee of Voluntary International Service (CCVIS). It targets the promotion and permanence of the art and culture of the Batammariba in terms of space and time by way of the social - cultural touristic and artistic elements special to these people. To allow the population to live well on the site with projects designed to last a long time.
Work to be done:
Animation ( stories and guessing games, singing and traditional dances, concerts of music of Tamberma inspiration, theatre, literary competition in tamari, games, sports, leisure activities );
Exhibition and sale ( artisanal products; pottery, basket work, jewelry in grass and in stone, sculpture );
Conferences and debates ( classification of the site ; advantages and problems, the Tata; history and sociology of the Tamberma people, contributions and social – cultural and economic perspectives of the tamari people in the development of Togo );
Replanting and maintenance of young trees ;
Restoring work on the new method of building tatas (with the students of the African School of Architectural and Urbanistic Trades we are trying to find another way to build tatas to meet the needs of the population of today to avoid the invasion of modern buildings that
🏠 Accommodation on site
Provided in school or public buildings, group accommodation. Food is provided.
📍 About the location
Koutammakou, in the region of the Batammariba is 500 kms² and is composed of 4 cantons: Nadoba ( Kounadowou ), Koutougou, Warengo et Agbonté. Nadouba is some 620 kms from Lomé, in the north of Togo. The site was classified as a element in the World Patrimony of UNESCO in 2004. Benin is 4 kms from Nadoba.
The Batammariba are farmers and hunters. They live in houses of clay bricks in
the form of a little castle, Tata, based on a special form of architecture.
The language spoken by the Batammariba is called Ditammari which, by way of deformation, has become Tamberma. The prinipal belief of the Batammariba is animism. Fetiches, which they adore and are to be found at the entry to the Tatas, are in diverse forms. In accordance with the form, they can represent simultaneously thior ancestors with whom they communicate; the major exploits of hunters; members of the family still alive; the different ceremonies. Between the Batammariba living there is a very deep link with the dead. Effectively each and every living person owes his life to the breath of a dead person who wants him to join him in the life hereafter. We would say a sort of desire for reincarnation. The rites of grief for the dead are associated with a return to life and the secret names of the dead enclose a vital energy.
The traditioinal dances are very often associated with the ceremonies. -- Make a walking excursion to discover Koutammakou ; visit the tatas and the fetish tree ; visit Benin ; vi
ℹ️ Additional information
Extra fee to pay on arrival at the camp : 230