Traditional Bhutanese are generally made of earth rammed walls and each house accommodates a small temple inside the house itself. Woods are extensively used and bizarre it may seem the houses are protected by a wooden phallus, which are hung on the main door of the house to ward off evil spirits.
The Driglam Namzha codifies the traditional rules for the construction of the dzongs as well as ordinary buildings.The Driglam Namzha is the official behaviour and dress code of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It governs how citizens should dress in public and how they should behave in formal settings. It also regulates a number of cultural assets such as art and architecture. In English, driglam means "order, discipline, custom, rules, regimen" and namzha means "system," though the term may be styled "The Rules for Disciplined Behaviour."
Traditional Bhutanese house have a distinct character from those of other Himalayan countries. Due to the steep terrain, they are usually built as scattered houses of in clusters, rather than in rows. Traditional houses are built without the use of a single nail and all houses follow the same architectural pattern. They are normally three-storeyed with room for livestock on the ground floor, storage and sometimes living quarters on the second floor, while the third floor houses living quarters and the shrine-room. Between the third floor and the roof an open space is usually kept for open-air storage. Stones are used to hold down wood-en shingles on the roof. The typical construction materials used in traditional Bhutanese houses are timber, stone, clay and bricks.
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