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Traditional Bhutanese houses serve as a home or residential dwelling for the family, a shelter for domestic livestock, a place for weaving and other household activities and also a religious space. The architecture of vernacular houses in Bhutan has an open or semi-covered courtyard in front of the building, which is used to grow vegetables and other agricultural produce, drying things, as a shelter for the animals and other functions that are performed in the open. Most of the indigenous rural houses are two or three stories high and each level has a unique function. The ground floor is simply a space to keep animals, the living quarters, the family room, the kitchen and the store find their place on the first floor while the religious rituals are performed in the upper storey, which is c