CURATED NEWS JUNE 2021

Curated news is a bi-annual newsletter showcasing ideas, initiatives and practices from around the world and here in Ritoma. Bringing insight, connection and nourishment.

INSIGHT

Observe ‘Stamping the Water,’ a performance by Song Dong in the Lhasa River, Tibet (1996).

Immerse yourself in the colourful creations of Sheila Hicks

Contemplate the allure of timeless clothing with Eileen Fisher.

CONNECT

Celebrate the lifetime work of Claudia Andujar collaborating with the Yanomami people of Brazil.

Watch a Tibetan Step Dance Shalung Tra filmed in the village McLeod Ganj in 1979.

Discover the ancient craft of barkcloth making from the Baganda people of Southern Uganda.

NOURISH

Evoke the divine through Tibetan Tsakali Mandalas.

Get lost in the Star Dreaming story of the Seven Sisters, an ancient myth from Aboriginal Australia.

Ground into nature with the intelligent earth playlist.

LOCAL

Accumulating Merit. The 9th of June marked the end of the Sagadawa month, a time the Ritoma villagers dedicated to acts of merit. They often set goals in prostrations and temple circumambulations and make offerings to the monastery and to the poor. It is said that the merit accumulated during this holy month is more powerful, and its effect more potent, an investment towards a better future life.

Laptse Festival. Each year during the 5th Lunar Month, the men from the five areas of Zorge assemble to celebrate the biggest Laptse festival of the summer. On the 23rd of June, over 1000 horsemen came together on a large plain near Ritoma to pay homage to the local deity Amnye Dongra, whose abode is a mountain in the shape of a hunched tiger, Ritoma’s highest peak. Tents