A TYPICAL COURTYARD 



The Bhutanese are very clever builders, and their woodwork is always of a high standard of excel- 

 lence, their doors, windows and panelling being perfect in their way. The houses are of three or four 

 stories, with balconies opening on to courts in the interior. The ornamentation is of carved wood, gen- 

 erally painted. No ironwork is used, and the doors a r e hung on ingeniously constructed wooden hinges. 

 Photo by John Claude White. 



