2020
SASHES AND BELTS
The Chuba, Tibet’s all weather, unisex robe has no buttons or fasteners and is styled through draping. A single sash does the trick, and man or wom...
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2020
ON THE TIBETAN MOON & DREAMING
When we look up at the moon, we can think of loved ones near or far seeing the same moon, its soft glow, a unifying factor. These days, it is not j...
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2019
A VISIT TO LABRANG
80 km from the Norlha workshop is the town of Labrang, or Serchu, dominated by Labrang Tashikyil Monastery, a sprawling complex the size of a small...
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2019
THE NGARING
Each year on a summer day, all the people in the village, dressed in the best, make their way to the monastery and stand outside the main hall to f...
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2019
SAGADAWA 2019
Sagadawa celebrates the birth of the Buddha, which is marked on the full moon of the fifth lunar month.
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2019
NEW YEAR, NEW LIGHT
On the Tibetan Plateau, Losar, or New Year is the most celebrated event of the year, a time for family reunions, weddings and new beginnings.
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2019
WINTER WEDDING
Winter is the wedding season. It is the time of year when the animals stay near the nomad’s winter settlements, feeding on oats or the little grass...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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