Dreamer

Dreamer

In Tibetan culture is full of dreams; vivid dreams remembered when waking, interpreted by mystics and scholars, day dreams lying in the grass l...

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The End of Summer
Animals and Surroundings

The End of Summer

The pasture remains a bright shade of parrot green, though the tips of long grass left to grow wild in the autumn pasture turn gold at the tips...

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Old Hands, New Tools
Craft

Old Hands, New Tools

When we began planning Norlha in 2005, we knew that we could not rely on the traditional skills in spinning and weaving of the nomads we planne...

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Color in Grey
Colours

Color in Grey

Color tends to catch our eye and excite our brain, causing us to overlook the beauty of grey. Grey is rich and varied, noisy but also calming. ...

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The Machu Learning Curve
Animals and Surroundings

The Machu Learning Curve

When Dechen and her brother Genam set off to Amdo to buy yak wool in the summer of 2005, they had no idea what they were getting into, and neit...

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Silhouettes
Religion and Culture

Silhouettes

Ritoma, like many other areas of grassland is a succession of hills and valleys. Nomads pitch their tents on the south facing flank of a hill, ...

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Red
Colours

Red

In nature, red is the color of life, that of poppies, of fire, of chili, berries and watermelons. Transposed into culture, it is the color of s...

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The Annual Picnic
Ritoma

The Annual Picnic

Every year starting in 2007, Norlha has held an annual picnic attended by the whole of Norlha’s staff, their families and friends in the villag...

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Blue
Colours

Blue

Blue is the Plateau’s all season color, ever present in a multitude of shades in the sky, water and the flora of the Plateau. Blue is in the ch...

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Norlha; the Middle Factor
Ritoma

Norlha; the Middle Factor

The success of a company is more often than not measured by happy customers and healthy profits. What about middle factor, the people who make ...

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