2024
WOMEN AT NORLHA
A gap is forming on the Tibetan Plateau between the old life that is losing its meaning and a new one that is not yet defined.
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2023
CHILDREN OF NORLHA
In Ritoma village, most children and some young adults cannot remember Ritoma without Norlha. They grew up with their parents working in the Atelie...
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2023
JUNKO KIOKA
Junko Kioka has always liked making things and has been knitting since she was a child. After graduating high school, she went to Tokyo to study...
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2023
THE NOMAD TENT
The sprawling black tent, or bagu, is the home of pastors for about eight months of the year. A big bagu, more common in the past when large famili...
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2023
FELT IN TIBET
Asian nomads have used felt for thousands of years, and examples of felt banners were found in the Dun Hunag caves, believed to be a thousand years...
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2022
NORLHA ARTISANS
Norlha provides training and long-term employment opportunities for local nomads and families, equipping them with skills to become expert weavers,...
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2022
THE FOUR FRIENDS
To celebrate this month’s full moon, we would like to offer a blessing to our community of friends.
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2022
THE TIBETAN PICNIC
Picnics are at the core of the Tibetan concept of leisure. With cities as hubs for commerce, city dwellers seek out nature as a source of enjoyment...
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