Animals and Surroundings
THE WINTER YAK
The yak, referred to as Nor or wealth, is central to the nomad’s way of life. Over a millennium, the grassland’s seasonal cycles and the yak’s graz...
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Ritoma
END OF YEAR MESSAGE
As we welcome 2025, Norlha reflects on a year grounded in connection and purpose. Rather than expanding outward, we focused on deepening our relat...
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Ritoma
NORLHA'S 17 TH ANNIVERSARY
The years have unfolded in a steady rhythm, with reality gradually fading into memories. It has now been 17 years since Norlha was founded in Rito...
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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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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
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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Animals and Surroundings
SPRING EQUINOX
Spring on the Plateau is a slow, evolving process that comes in fits and starts as the temperature gradually rises, bringing the grassland back to ...
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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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Religion and Culture
LUNAR NEW YEAR
On the Tibetan Plateau, Losar, or New Year, is the most awaited and celebrated event of the year, a time for family reunions, weddings, and new beg...
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