CURATED NEWS MAY 2023
Curated news is a bi-monthly newsletter showcasing ideas, initiatives and practices from around the world and here in Ritoma. Bringing insight, co...
Read moreARTISAN PORTRAITS
Over the last decade, Norlha has spent 40,000+ hours training local nomads in vocational, management & textile skills, training more than 150 a...
Read moreSPRING CAPSULE COLLECTION
Norlha Launches Limited-Edition Scarves and Ready-to-Wear Capsule Collection for SS23 The symbolic significance of water in Tibetan Buddhism inspir...
Read moreMENDING IN TIBET
The attitude towards what we wear has changed so much in the past 100 years, that mending our clothes would seem both impractical and a waste of ti...
Read moreEARTH DAY IN RITOMA
Historically, Ritoma has been home to Tibetan nomads who are closely tied to nature’s cycles, knowing that moderation helps to maintain a balance, ...
Read moreFELT 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...
Read moreSYMBOLISM OF WATER
The Tibetan Plateau is the land of water, the place where Asia’s most important rivers, the Brahmaputra, Salween, Yangtse, Mekong and Indus, take t...
Read moreNORDEN CAMP - NORLHA'S SISTER COMPANY
Norlha textiles were created from the union of precious khullu and the skilled hands of local artisans. Together, they wove and spun a way of life...
Read moreHORSES OF TIBET
Horses have always played an important role in Tibetan life. Historically, they’ve been used for travel, transport, status and sport. Spiritually, ...
Read moreFELT BED COVER COLLECTION
May not the edges turn up, May this felt be as strong as the dark-brown spotted forehead of the wild yak. Translation of a traditional Tibetan felt...
Read moreMONLAM CHENMO
The Monlam Chenmo, also known as The Great Prayer Festival, is the most important Tibetan Buddhist celebration of the year and begins on the 4th da...
Read moreT I B E T A N Y A K
The yak is the nomad’s most precious commodity, the source of all his ‘nor’ or wealth and the main bovine on the Tibetan Plateau. A distant cousin ...
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