Ethical, Sustainable Luxury from Tibetan Plateau. Stories from Norlha

Animals and Surroundings

DUKAR DOLMA

April is a month of prayer in the village of Ritoma. Spring arrives late on the Plateau, and the third month of the lunar calendar is a critical ti...

Religion and Culture

THE PARASOL

The parasol, or dhug in Tibetan, is the first of the Auspicious symbols in Tibetan Buddhism. These symbols represent good fortune and the path to ...

Clothing

SPRING SUMMER 2025

Norlha’s Spring Summer 2025 collection looks to the timeless, rich and abundant qualities of the thangka. Than meaning flat, and Ka painting, Thang...

Animals and Surroundings

LAPTSE IN SPRING

Laptse is a festival where men from all clans gather to honour the local deities. Riding their horses, dressed in their best and bearing their fami...

Religion and Culture

RIVERS

Rivers come in all forms; swift waters flowing in deep gorges, reddish brown from carrying silt, or turquoise reflecting the sky. Water holds deep ...

Religion and Culture

YEAR OF THE WOOD SNAKE

2025 marks the year of the Wood Snake. The Year of the Wood Snake is considered a good time for growth, creativity and introspection, said to attra...

Animals and Surroundings

THE WIND HORSE

Before Buddhism spread across the plateau, the wind horse was already an ancient bearer of good fortune. Depicted running and bearing the flami...

Religion and Culture

AMULETS

Both sacred and practical, amulet boxes are referred to in Tibetan as gao, and their contents as ten, meaning receptacle, objects that encapsulate ...

Religion and Culture

SUMMER EQUINOX ~ LAPTSE

Thousands of white papers flutter in the air and land like snowfall on the celebrated hill, one of Ritoma’s four sacred peaks. They are printed wi...

Religion and Culture

YETIS

Tibetan folk literature is full of monsters, and many are friendly. Yetis are well known on the Tibetan Plateau but unlike wolves and the legends...

Religion and Culture

SAGADAWA IN RITOMA — ས་ག་ཟླ་བ།

For Mahayana Buddhists around the world, Sagadawa is the holiest month of the year and celebrates Buddha’s birth, Nirvana and Parinirvana (death)...

Religion and Culture

DUKAR DOLMA PRAYERS

Dukar, also known as Sitatapatra in Sanskrit is a female deity with a white body, a slightly wrathful expression and an eye in the palm of each han...