Tibetan nomads, known as
drokpa
, meaning ‘people of the high pastures’continue to fascinate us. Moving across thegrasslands with their animals, their home a tent, nomads evoke freedom. Their world cherishes mobility and theliberty to roam in search of grass and water. The animals the nomads raise –sheep, goats and yaks –provide thewool and fiber that are the elemental raw materials used for making Tibetan carpets and textiles.Although Tibetan nomads do not make knotted pile carpets they use them in their tents for sleeping on and asblankets and saddle carpets for their horses and yaks. Nomads do weave sheep wool and yak hair into blankets,bags, tent material and make ropes, sling shots and other items for their daily use.
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