People
WOMEN AT NORLHA
“A gap is forming on the Tibetan Plateau between the old life that is losing its meaning and a new one that is not yet defined... In 2004, Kim Yesh...
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People
NEW YEAR MESSAGE
2023 has been a year of revival for Norlha. The aftermath of the pandemic left us rebuilding, reinventing and reflecting. Normalcy felt like a lux...
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People
NORLHA'S 16TH ANNIVERSARY
16 years ago, Norlha was taking down the tents that had been our Atelier’s first home and moving into the newly constructed workshop on the other s...
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People
NORLHA CHILDREN
In Ritoma village, most children and some young adults cannot remember Ritoma without Norlha. They grew up with their parents working in the Atelie...
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Craft
JUNKO KIOKA
Junko Kioka has always liked making things and has been knitting since she was a child. After graduating high school, she went to Tokyo to study a ...
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Home
THE NOMAD TENT
The sprawling black tent, or bagu, is the home of pastors for about eight months of the year. A big bagu, more common in the past when large famili...
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Craft
FELT IN TIBET
Asian nomads have used felt for thousands of years, and examples of felt banners were found in the Dun Hunag caves, believed to be a thousand years...
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People
NORLHA'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY
November 13th, 2022 marks the completion of Norlha’s 15th year in Ritoma: Fifteen years ago, we pitched our work tents in the valley at the entranc...
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Craft
NORLHA ARTISANS
Norlha provides training and long-term employment opportunities for local nomads and families, equipping them with skills to become expert weavers,...
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People
THE FOUR FRIENDS
To celebrate this month’s full moon, we would like to offer a blessing to our community of friends. The Four Friends blessing is hand-painted in co...
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People
THE TIBETAN PICNIC
Picnics are at the core of the Tibetan concept of leisure. With cities as hubs for commerce, city dwellers seek out nature as a source of enjoyment...
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Animals and Surroundings
SOGWA - INTERVIEW WITH A NOMAD COUPLE
Each year, nomads move their herds to higher pastures for winter grazing in a period called Sogwa by the nomads of Ritoma. Moving towards new groun...
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