Ethical, Sustainable Luxury from Tibetan Plateau. Stories from Norlha

2017

COLOUR FOCUS - RED

2017

COLOUR FOCUS - RED

From the five element colours, red is fire, a source of warmth, comfort and protection in a hostile environment.

2017

WOMEN'S DAY

Traditional nomad women have hard lives. The generation of women now in their sixties typically bore a dozen children, many having experienced the ...

2017

THE KANGTSA CAVE

In 2010, we discovered the nearby monastery of Kangtsa, a beautiful, small monastery surrounded by junipers and spread over a hill in a quiet, wood...

2017

COLOUR FOCUS- WHITE

On the Tibetan Plateau, white stands for purity, knowledge and learning. White is auspicious, as symbolised by the white silk scarves offered to we...

2017

COLOUR FOCUS - BLUE

Blue in the sky, in the lakes and rivers, in the flowers that turn summer pasture into a reflection of the firmament, make blue Tibet’s all season ...

2017

STONE WALLS

Massive stone walls are found everywhere in Tibet, carved out from the vast array of stone found all over the plateau, and dating to a time when to...

2017

COLOUR FOCUS - GREEN

On the Tibetan Plateau, green is the colour of summer. It is nature at its most dynamic, when the hills and pastures in nomadic areas turn an inten...

2017

NOMAD ZEN

My father’s favorite colour is red. Not any red, but a dark maroon, the same shade as that of a Tibetan monk’s robes and that of the sacred walls i...

2017

JOMA ROOT

Joma is a high protein, bulbous root that grows in clumps in the rich, black soil of the pasture.

2016

TIBETAN HOMES

Tibetan houses offer a rich variety of architectural styles that differ region to region. The tradition of building houses is strongest in farming ...