Colours
The Color Red
From the five element colors, red is fire, a source of warmth, comfort and protection in a hostile environment. On the grassland, red belongs t...
Read more
Ritoma
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 ...
Read more
Animals and Surroundings
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, ...
Read more
Animals and Surroundings
Wind Horse
Tibetans believe that wind is a positive energy, a strong and exuberant force that can yield great power. This wind can be ridden, like a horse...
Read more
Colours
The Color White
On the Tibetan Plateau, white stands for purity, knowledge and learning. White is auspicious, as symbolized by the white silk scarves offered t...
Read more
Colours
The Color 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 sea...
Read more
Animals and Surroundings
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 whe...
Read more
Colours
The Colour 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 i...
Read more
Home
Tibetan Houses
Tibetan houses offer a rich variety of architectural styles that differ region to region. The tradition of building houses is strongest in farm...
Read more
Clothing
Nomad Connections
A red with a tinge of pink, a Tibetan Plateau-in–autumn-red, found in the shades of bushes turning color, or plastered on the walls of monaste...
Read more
Clothing
Blue Necklace of the Grassland
On the Tibetan Plateau, the aba flower, blue necklace of the grassland, is known as the autumn flower. Sensitive to light, it opens to the sun ...
Read more