Animals and Surroundings
The Wind Horse
Before Buddhism spread across the plateau, the wind horse was already an ancient bearer of good fortune. Depicted running and bearing the flami...
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Animals and Surroundings
Tibetan Nomad Fences
There is evidence that the Tibetan Plateau has been home to human activity for hundreds of thousands of years, beginning with groups of hunter-gath...
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Home
HOME SERIES x KAI AVENT DELEON
The Upstate New York home of Kai Avent Deleon — Photography by Georgia HilmerHome is a word with many meanings — a place to rest and renew, to gath...
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Curated News
CURATED NEWS JULY 2024
Curated news is a bi-monthly newsletter showcasing ideas, initiatives and practices from around the world and here in Ritoma. Bringing insight, co...
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Animals and Surroundings
THE TIBETAN YAK
The yak is the nomad’s most precious commodity, the source of all ‘nor’ or wealth on the Tibetan Plateau - the bond between yak and herder sacred. ...
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Religion and Culture
SUMMER EQUINOX ~ LAPTSE
Thousands of white papers flutter in the air and land like snowfall on the celebrated hill, one of Ritoma’s four sacred peaks. They are printed wi...
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Religion and Culture
SAGADAWA IN RITOMA — ས་ག་ཟླ་བ།
For Mahayana Buddhists around the world, Sagadawa is the holiest month of the year and celebrates Buddha’s birth, Nirvana and Parinirvana (death)...
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Home
HOME SERIES x RYAN & JON
The LA home of Ryan James Caruthers and Jon Anthony — Photography by Ryan James Caruthers Home is a word with many meanings — a place to re...
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Religion and Culture
DUKAR DOLMA PRAYERS
Dukar, also known as Sitatapatra in Sanskrit is a female deity with a white body, a slightly wrathful expression and an eye in the palm of each han...
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Religion and Culture
THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NAGA
How the community remains rooted in the land The Norlha community is directly issued from the pastoral background they were born into and are eith...
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Clothing
NEW SPRING SUMMER COLLECTION
Norlha’s Spring Summer scarves and capsule clothes collection for 2024 borrows inspiration from the prayer flags of laptse as they succumb to the ...
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