Religion and Culture
The Throwing or Ritual Cakes
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...
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Religion and Culture
Yaks and 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 mi...
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Clothing
Kid's, Hats, Scarves
Joyful and vibrant, like the shrieks of pleasure their little beany-clad wearers emit running through the autumn pasture, their diminutive scar...
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Religion and Culture
The Lama Visits
Once every few years, Ritoma is host to an important lama, usually from Labrang. It is a great honor for the village and local monastery, whose...
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Colours
Colors and Moods of fall
Fall on the grassland slowly brings in an overhaul in mood and color, the endless prairie turning from an exuberant and overwhelming green to a...
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Clothing
Norlha and Kids
Norlha has, from the height of the Plateau, created a universe for the children of the world; a bedroom for dreams, ponchos for play, beanies ...
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Clothing
Women’s Streetwear
It is fascinating to watch how Tibetan women in and around Amdo have updated their dress to changing times. The chuba, Tibetan men and women pr...
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Ritoma
Norlha's Children
There is a little group of children, mostly belonging to the Norlha Managers who come and storm the office every day at 4:30 and on Saturdays, ...
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Animals and Surroundings
On the Move
Today, people tend to forget how much we, homo sapiens, have always moved from one place to another. Migration, which happened ‘en masse’ for m...
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