In the tradition of oral literature, Turquoise Mountain is a folktale about how things came to be. How did Turquoise Mountain get its name ? Why is turquoise lumpy? But in the genre of myth, it is also a sacred narrative that details the exploits of a man named Tso Gun Tsen, before recorded history
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Tucked away in a remote corner of Mugu District of Nepal, the Karmarong people remainlargely unknown to the outside world. This story, along with its artwork, comes to us directly from Dorjee Karmarong, someone who was born and raised in the very same village as Tso Gun Tsen, the hero of the story
