Animals and Surroundings
Norlha Lifestyle in Context
Norlha textiles were created from the union of precious khullu and the skilled hands of local artisans. Together, they wove and spun a way of l...
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Ritoma
More Than a Game: The NBA in Tibet
More Than a Game: The NBA in Tibet On any given day on the vast Tibetan Plateau you will find nomads herding their yak and sheep and monks reci...
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Animals and Surroundings
World Environment Day
The Environment There are no trees in Ritoma. At first I thought it was due to the altitude, though the monastery’s pine grove planted some thi...
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Clothing
Children's Day
Children are the future, and their happiness ensures the stability and well-being of future generations. Observed on June 1st in many countrie...
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Clothing
One for You, One for Them
The most significant aspect of giving is selflessness. A true gift is one that has no expectation of reciprocity, for which one hopes nothing i...
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Religion and Culture
Sagadawa Practices
Sagadawa is a holy month during which merit is believed to count manifold over that accumulated at any other time. Tibetan Buddhist culture is ...
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Ritoma
Happy Mother's Day
In Tibetan Buddhism, mothers are always taken as examples of kindness. When meditating on compassion, one uses thoughts of the love and care gi...
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Ritoma
NORLHA FAMILIES
We have around 130 employees at Norlha, all issued from the 200 families in the village with half having at least one member working at Norlha....
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Ritoma
Norlha's Newest Mother
Wangdi Tso, on Norlha’s communications team, and Norlha’s newest mother, presents her second baby, warmly swaddled in a yak khullu baby blanket...
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Ritoma
Norlha; a Mother-Daughter Team
Norlha’s core is a mother-daughter team that ignited from a passion for textiles and my wish to start something in Tibet. It didn’t begin that ...
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Craft
Knitting at Norlha
In the old days, women spun, wove and sewed all their clothes and those of their family. They spun and wove sheep wool into blankets to dry che...
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Clothing
Inside Norlha
When you buy a scarf or a piece of clothing, what do you really know about it besides what is written on the tag? Who makes it? And What do we ...
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Craft
A Spinner at Norlha
Dolma Tso is one of Norlha’s top spinners. She began working eight years ago, and though most women who start off as spinners move on to other ...
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