Ethical, Sustainable Luxury from Tibetan Plateau. Stories from Norlha

2018

WINTER PILGRIMS

For rural Tibetans, maximum leisure comes with winter. The harvest long over, farmers turn to other occupations and the bare pasture keeps the noma...

2018

FOG

Clouds roll over the Plateau bringing rain and snow. In summer or early fall, when the air is humid, they often lie low creating a blanket of fog w...

2018

THE TIBETAN TENT

Tibetan nomads have lived in their black yak hair tents for as long as anyone can remember. Depending on the area they live in and the condition of...

2018

THE THROWING OF THE RITUAL CAKE

Every year, Ritoma holds the ceremony of throwing the ‘Torkya’ or Ritual Cake. Triangular in shape and over four feet high, torkyas are red and sur...

2018

YAKS & TRANSPORT

There are 13 million yaks on the Tibetan Plateau. Before the age of trade and globalization, they were the center of Tibetan life, providing milk, ...

2018

SNOW

Tibet is sometimes called The Land of Snows, though not all areas of the Plateau see regular snowfall. In Ritoma, winters are too cold for snow and...

2018

CHILDREN'S HATS & SCARVES

Joyful and vibrant, like the shrieks of pleasure their little beany-clad wearers emit running through the autumn pasture, their diminutive scarves ...

2018

THE LAMA VISITS

Once every few years, Ritoma is host to an important lama, usually from Labrang. It is a great honor for the village and local monastery, whose jur...

2018

COLOURS OF AUTUMN

Autumn on the grassland slowly brings in an overhaul in mood and color, the endless prairie turning from an exuberant and overwhelming green to a g...

2018

CHILDREN'S WORLD

Norlha has, from the height of the Plateau, created a universe for the children of the world; a bedroom for dreams, ponchos for play, beanies for a...

2018

WIND

Noisy and boisterous, Wind on the Tibetan Plateau animates the multitude of prayer flags, transporting with it the luck-bringing wind horse through...

2018

WOMEN'S STREETWEAR

It is fascinating to watch how Tibetan women in and around Amdo have updated their dress to changing times.