Completed Norbu Drachey Photos July 2007
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Norbu Drapchey photos June/July 2006
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The White Conch Factory is a traditional Tibetan festival tent factory located in Lhasa. Beginnings in 1959, when they did clothing repairs for the local market, by 1983 the factory, then known a Garment Factory #2, were allowed to make traditional clothing and temple decorations. They have been affiliated with Temple Art Studio since 1992, when they collaborated on the first of two giant thangkas for Tsurphu Monastery Tibet. As well as tents they make a large variety of handicrafts, and Temple decorations. 2007 saw the completion of the first "drabje" the Norbu Drabje. Hopefully 2008 will see the beginning of the Tsechur Drabje, completing Tsurphu Monastery's lost giant applique heritage As events unfurl more information will appear here.

Tibetan Festival Tents 

This large size holds about 100 people

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Smaller Tents

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The sewing of a large tent

 Traditional Tibetan Costumes

Opera costumes and traditional dress

More soon

*There are many spellings for thangka: tangka,tangkha,thangkha
applique thangka, applique thangkas, applique thangkha, applique thangkhas

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