Golok's
Born in Extreme Asia, the Golok's have been worn since 2005 by teams from the Liotard Caravan
Cuvée Liotard by Clos Estelle
Further south in Banzilan – at 2,200 meters altitude – Estelle Achard established her eco lodge Tulu. With the help of a swiss oenologist Yves Roduit, she produces a small production of wine (400 bottles) sold under the name Cuvée Liotard by Clos Estelle.
Farm Liotard
charcuterie
ON THE SHANGRI-LA PLATEAU, at the Ringha valley at 3,300 m, around the Farm Liotard, the breeding of black pigs and yak remains the main agriculture of the Tibetans. Since 2018, Phoebe has produced its own charcuterie, a true symbiosis between local organic products and a rigorous knowledge of Western cured meats. So-called dry meats: chorizo, coppa, dried yak, guanciale, pancetta, pork loin, saucisson sec.
Forgotten people of Tibet
Constantin de Slizewicz
In 1999, an old priest told Constantin de Slizewicz about Christian Tibetan tribes still living in valleys, cut off from the rest of the world. A century before, French missionaries, geographers and ethnographers had explored these forgotten lands. Some lost their lives, but all left their mark. Following in their footsteps, the author discovers another Tibet, deeply different from the idealized version described by the West, Beijing or Dharamsala. A world peopled with fierce amazons, where women lead, Catholic tribes pray in stone churches build by French priests, and proud nomads love their freedom and weapons above all else.
Prix : 150 RMB / 19 Euros
Drunk of China
Constantin de Slizewicz
In the winter of 2002, between two reportages for the Quotidien du Yunnan, Constantin de Slizewicz decided to drive across China, from East to West, in a side-car nicknamed “Scarabée”, driven by his friend Alexandre. Through this journey, in which the two Frenchmen go through as much liquor as they do kilometers, the author reminisces about the ten years he has lived in this country. His China doesn’t care about the Olympic Games and racing towards economic growth. In this China, policemen, editors, young people, the middle class and peasants all find the Tao at the bottom of a bottle of white liquor.
Ivre de Chine, Constantin de Slizewicz’s picaresque memoir, is peppered with reminiscences of the past, with evocations of historical figures, like French consul Auguste François or writer Lucien Bodard, visits to the gunboats on the Yang-tse-kiang to relive the Boxer rebellion, retracing the adventure of the Tonkin railway, the Flying Tigers and all the tribulations of missionaries and explorers who, just like him, lived bitter but unforgettable adventures in China.
Prix : 150 RMB / 19 Euros
