Ritoma
HORSES OF TIBET
Horses have always played an important role in Tibetan life. Historically, they’ve been used for travel, transport, status and sport. Spiritually, ...
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Religion and Culture
MONLAM CHENMO
The Monlam Chenmo, also known as The Great Prayer Festival, is the most important Tibetan Buddhist celebration of the year and begins on the 4th da...
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Animals and Surroundings
YEAR OF THE WATER RABBIT
The Lunar New Year is marked by the first day of the lunar year and is the most celebrated festival on the Tibetan Plateau. It is a symbol of new b...
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Religion and Culture
GANDEN NAMCHOE
Each year on a winter night, the outlines of a multitude of villages and nomad settlements across the Tibetan Plateau emerge from obscurity, illumi...
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People
NORLHA'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY
November 13th, 2022 marks the completion of Norlha’s 15th year in Ritoma: Fifteen years ago, we pitched our work tents in the valley at the entranc...
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Religion and Culture
WINTER CHAM
Every year around December, when the cold has settled in and the new year is close, the monastery in Garnying, a few kilometers from Ritoma, holds ...
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Clothing
CIRCULAR COLLECTION
Norlha is releasing a limited range of one-off scarves, handwoven from repurposed yak khullu and silk-blend yarns left over from previous collectio...
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Animals and Surroundings
CHOEKHOR DAY
As autumn rolls in with yellowing and darkening skies, Ritoma’s pastoralists prepare for winter. Yak and sheep, which had been grazing at higher al...
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Craft
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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People
THE FOUR FRIENDS
To celebrate this month’s full moon, we would like to offer a blessing to our community of friends. The Four Friends blessing is hand-painted in co...
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Clothing
SCARVES AND READY TO WEAR COLLECTION
The dramatic seasonal transformations of the Tibetan Plateau inform the direction of Norlha’s scarves and garments for Autumn Winter 2022.As the fr...
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People
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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