close by a rancher. Each Bhutanese home, whether old or a just built apartment
dwelling, will have a room or portion of a room dedicated to a chapel where statues
are displayed, prayers are said, and offerings are made. Another curious discovery we
made was that each dwelling place, even those without indoor plumbing in the country,
have a little anteroom which is a latrine area—however, it is used only by lamas,
priests, monks, nuns, and other religious figures when they visit for the annual blessing of
the home or if they are summoned because someone is ill and needful of blessings and
prayers.
Monasteries, temples and dzongs share these characteristics too so they add to the
organic appearance of the Bhutan architecture; all the buildings look as if they belong
here and nowhere else. The dzongs are structures unique to Bhutan and reflect the
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