High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser written on February 10, 2013 for the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia, as well as the Tibetan service and published on her blog on February 11, 2013. Following on from the last translation where Woeser looked back on the year 2012, the post below turns to Losar (Tibetan New [...]

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser written between December 27, 2012 and January 1, 2013 for the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia, as well as the Tibetan service and published on her blog on January 3, 2013. The blogpost is a look back on 2012 and, despite being several months old, is still a moving read. [...]

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a speech by a Tibetan called Byangkar held at a conference of Tibetan scholars in late 2012 and posted online. The conference was also attended by well-known Tibetan intellectual Jamyang Kyi, the only female speaker. The speech has been online on blog-hosting site Sangdhor.Com since November 4, 2012 and has stirred up a lot [...]

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser written on December 20, 2012 for the Tibetan service of Radio Free Asia and published on her blog on December 26, 2012. In this blogpost, Woeser highlights foreign media reporting on the self-immolations in Tibet, specifically efforts by French journalists to travel in Tibet and visit areas directly affected by [...]

High Peaks Pure Earth is very grateful to Elliot Sperling for his translation of a blogpost by Woeser originally written for the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia on May 4, revised on May 6 and posted on her blog on May 7, 2013. The blogpost is an appeal to save Lhasa from destructive modernisation and has already attracted media [...]

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a song by Tsultrim Gyaltsen titled “Tears of Blood”. The music video relays the hardship faced by Tibetan graduates in finding employment and competing in the job market. The song has been online since April 2012 and can be found on YouTube as well as featured on popular Tibetan blogs. Matters related to Tibetan education [...]

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser written on February 5, 2013, for both the Tibetan service and Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia and published on her blog on February 6, 2013. The subject of Woeser’s piece is the CCTV-produced TV drama “Secret Tibet”, previously featured on High Peaks Pure Earth in February when we translated [...]

It’s morning. An old Tibetan man approaching his eighties lights some incense, prays, and begins reciting the epic Tibetan classic poem, Gesar, into a worn-out old tape recorder. “Almost every night for the past sixty years, I dream about Gesar. The next day, I record the stories I dreamed from the previous night,” the old man told a reporter. This [...]

After last week’s gap, the Wednesday Tibetan music video series continues today! High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a music video titled “Unhealed Wound”, written and performed by Dolma Tsering. The music video has been circulating on the internet since April 2012. “Unhealed Wound” stands out for its politically bold lyrics that directly address China. The imagery in the music video [...]

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated an announcement by Woeser about the electronic Tibetan version of her book “Forbidden Memory: Tibet During the Cultural Revolution”. The blogpost was published on Woeser’s blog on March 31, 2013. “The Tibetan Version of ‘Forbidden Memory: Tibet During the Cultural Revolution’ Is Now Available for Download Free of Charge” By Woeser Since 1999, based [...]