Making Tormo for the Festival

Name: Making Tormo for the Festival
Author: Buddha Yonjan Lama

by Buddha Yonjan Lama

Ages 4–86 min readPatienceFree to read

Everyone is getting ready for the festival at Nhorbu's house, and Nhorbu wants to help. Nhorbu's grandfather is making something special. Can Nhorbu make it too?

A warm, hands-in-the-dough festival story about patience and the quiet joy of learning a family tradition shoulder to shoulder with grandpa.

Read this story

Credits & license

Written by Buddha Yonjan Lama

License: CC BY 4.0

Source: Global Digital Library

Learn more about our sources

Questions to talk about together

Why did Aakhe ask Nhorbu to keep kneading the rice instead of stopping?
How do you think Nhorbu felt when he finally made his baby Tormo?
What is something special you have made with someone in your family?

Making Tormo for the Festival

Credits & license

Questions to talk about together

More like this

A Special Nest

A Dress for Porcupine

Tra's Red Bean Plant

The Hat Seller

Get Me The Bucket!

Going to a Wedding