Our Journal

Norlha Carpets

Norlha’s Carpet Project began in June 2016. The training workshop is situated in Labrang, with twelve trainees from Choni and Labrang, and two ...

The Yeti's of Norlha

Nomads on the Tibetan Plateau know yetis and are quite sure that, unlike wolves and the legends that spread in the West, they will not snatch t...

The Alpine Chough

Ritoma resounds with the cawking of black birds that flutter on the grassland and compete with pigeons for nesting spots between the beams of h...

Local Entrepreneurs and the Nomad Market

The market economy slowly crept onto the plateau in the '90s as markets began to explode in China. In the old days, goods were scarce and hard ...

Training in Nepal

After completing their training in Cambodia in January 2007, the Norlha team moved on to Nepal. In Cambodia they had learned silk weaving, in N...

Fire Offerings

Several times a year monks from the monastery in Ritoma are invited to Norlha to conduct rituals. These vary according to need; usually, a divi...

Tibetan Travel Gear: The Reconstruction of Historic Goods

Before roads, cars and trucks, and in spite of its remoteness, Tibet was very much a land of travel. Travel was for trade and discovery, and a ...

Tree Planting at Norlha

In the spring of 2009, the initial building of the workshop had been completed for over a year, and it was time to embellish the surroundings. ...

Norlha in Cambodia

In October 2006, the core Norlha team traveled to Siem Reap, Cambodia to train in weaving. Some on the team had never been further than Labrang...

Journey to the West

The Norlha core team was assembled in the spring of 2006, and comprised Dechen, Yidam, Dunko and Sonam Dolma. To celebrate, and show the world ...

A New Dyeing Room

Norlha dyes thousands of scarves every year, and a clean and safe dyeing room was a necessity. Designed by our architect friend Blake and his p...

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