Animals and Surroundings
Fabrics in the Wind
A fence across the pasture, a banner, a ribbon against the sky. They blow in the wind, changing shade and color like the clouds…. Norlha fabric...
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Animals and Surroundings
NORLHA IN LHASA, TIBET
Not yet ten years old, Norlha has become a sustainable enterprise. More than a concept it's a philosophy reflected by an impressive range of pr...
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Animals and Surroundings
Nomad Crossroads in Autumn Fields
Fall, the crossroad between summer and winter, is the time to harvest oats. Surrounding the local nomads winter houses are oat fields planted t...
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Home
The Guard House
As Norlha grew, the small, original buildings that had been built on a low budget around the interior of the south wall were replaced with bett...
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Home
Dinner in the Vastness
My parents loved beautiful tableware. I inherited dozens of tablecloths, tea and coffee cups, dishes which my father hand painted, silver platt...
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Ritoma
Fun and Games
The 15th rule in Norlha’s rule book clearly states, “No playing within the walls of the atelier.” Tibetan nomads love to play. In the winter i...
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Craft
Norlha Carpets
Norlha’s Carpet Project began in June 2016. The training workshop is situated in Labrang, with twelve trainees from Choni and Labrang, and two ...
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Clothing
The Yeti's of Norlha
Nomads on the Tibetan Plateau know yetis and are quite sure that, unlike wolves and the legends that spread in the West, they will not snatch t...
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Animals and Surroundings
The Alpine Chough
Ritoma resounds with the cawking of black birds that flutter on the grassland and compete with pigeons for nesting spots between the beams of h...
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Ritoma
Local Entrepreneurs and the Nomad Market
The market economy slowly crept onto the plateau in the '90s as markets began to explode in China. In the old days, goods were scarce and hard ...
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Craft
Training in Nepal
After completing their training in Cambodia in January 2007, the Norlha team moved on to Nepal. In Cambodia they had learned silk weaving, in N...
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Religion and Culture
Fire Offerings
Several times a year monks from the monastery in Ritoma are invited to Norlha to conduct rituals. These vary according to need; usually, a divi...
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Tibetan Travel Gear: The Reconstruction of Historic Goods
Before roads, cars and trucks, and in spite of its remoteness, Tibet was very much a land of travel. Travel was for trade and discovery, and a ...
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