Ethical, Sustainable Luxury from Tibetan Plateau. Stories from Norlha

Ritoma

Entrepreneurs on the Tibetan Plateau

When Norlha was established on the Tibetan Plateau in 2007, the trend for business was novelty. Young educated Tibetans yearned to become write...

Ritoma

In mid-August, Norden Camp hosted its first wedding, that of our friends Lili Liu and Blake Civiello. More than friends, really, Lili is a Memb...

Ritoma

Another year, another picnic. Since 2007, Norlha has prided itself with offering a yearly, three day picnic to all its employees and their fami...

Ritoma

When we began in 2007, we were big in thinking and small in means. We had a plot of land from the village, and the choice between a traditional...

Ritoma

Each year, at the beginning of the season, the Norlha’s managing team enjoys a weekend at Norden, a time for relaxation and engagement outside ...

Ritoma

Tibetans are a people on the move. The endless space of the windswept Plateau required seasonal migration of domesticated sheep and yak and enc...

Clothing

Celebrating motherhood. Motherhood is the most potent example of unconditional love, one used in Tibetan Buddhist methods to develop compassion...

Clothing

This Spring, Norlha is opening a new store in Gyethang, better known nowadays as Shangri la, a Tibetan Prefecture in Yunnan Province. The area ...

Ritoma

Globalization is about migration, easy travel, fluid borders, exchange and openness, though the politics of our age tend to forget how long it ...

Ritoma

Traditionally, Ritoma women were immersed in nomadic life. Larger families had up to six hundred animals, and the women bore the brunt of the h...

Ritoma

Nyingkar Dolma was 25 when she married Jamyang Dondup last fall. It was a traditional marriage arranged by a matchmaker. Jamyang is from Ritoma...

Ritoma

Most marriages in Ritoma are arranged by the families. When a young man or woman come to age, which is very early, their parents begin to look ...