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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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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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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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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Colours
Summer in Pink or Pink in Summer
Pink falls short of the unsaid rule about the use of primary colors in Tibetan religious art. It may find its way in the very delicate shades o...
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Colours
NORLHA IN BLACK AND WHITE
Black and white photography was where I started. I developed my own films, printed my pictures in my home darkroom. My favorite camera was a Ro...
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Ritoma
Dan Paton, a photographer in Ritoma
Dan Paton, a photographer from Oxford, UK visited Norlha in April this year to shoot new material and teach studio photography to Norlha’s Lhab...
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Religion and Culture
Going to the Races
Horses used to be central to life on the Tibetan Plateau, for transportation, herding and symbols of status. The Plateau was famous for its han...
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Craft
Hands at Norlha
Made by hand, handcrafted, are the words that describe a product that doesn’t come out of a machine. The label it carries heightens its value, ...
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Ritoma
Yoga at Norlha
Originating in India, hatha yoga has found its way to the Tibetan Plateau. Last year, under the instruction of Andrew Taylor, who has been in R...
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Craft
Father and Son, Continuing a Tradition
In Nepal and India's traditional families, sons follow in their father’s steps and adopt their line of work. Panch Anand hails from a small vil...
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