Norlha is B Corp Certified
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Norlha is B Corp Certified

We are proud to announce that Norlha has been officially awarded B Corp certification for social sustainability with a score of 125.2! Norlha h...

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The Yak Deconstructed
Animals and Surroundings

The Yak Deconstructed

The yak is the nomad’s most precious commodity, the source of all his ‘nor’ or wealth and the main bovine on the Tibetan Plateau. A distant cou...

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Winter House
Home

Winter House

Nomads used to camp all year long, but about 50 years ago, they began to build makeshift houses to help them pass the winter more comfortably. ...

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Color On the Plateau
Colours

Color On the Plateau

Summer Essentials: pinks, blues, purples…transforming the still neutral grassland that will soon be emulating our early efforts to bring color ...

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A Store in Lhasa
Clothing

A Store in Lhasa

This year, Norlha is opening a small store on the Barkhor, in old Lhasa, in addition to our flagship store in a quieter area nearby. The Barkho...

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Sagadawa
Religion and Culture

Sagadawa

Sagadawa celebrates the birth of the Buddha, which is marked on the full moon of the fifth lunar month. For Mahayana Buddhists around the world...

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Spring
Animals and Surroundings

Spring

Nature on the Tibetan Plateau takes time to awake from its slumber. Snow continues to alternate with sun and the pasture gradually morphs from ...

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This time in 2007
Animals and Surroundings

This time in 2007

In April 2007 the budding Norlha team was back from Nepal, our looms and equipment had arrived, transported by truck from Kathmandu to Lhasa, t...

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Norlha in Shangri la
Clothing

Norlha in Shangri la

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

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First Photo Shoots
Clothing

First Photo Shoots

By the summer of 2007, despite having no building, Norlha was going full blast. Thirty people worked in two tents, creating our first products ...

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Toys
Clothing

Toys

We began making toys at Norlha around 2011, beginning with the emblematic yak, of course. It more or less retained the same shape but went thro...

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