Translations and Commentary from Tibetan Social Media
High Peaks Pure Earth presents the Winter 2020 Tibet Reading List! We’ve updated the previous Summer Reading List to include 28 more titles covering the span of the entire Tibetan Buddhist world. If you think we’ve missed anything or if you have a particular recommendation please feel free to get in touch with us, it’s impossible for us to keep […]
High Peaks Pure Earth presents new English translations of poetry by detained Tibetan writer Dhi Lhaden aka Thupten Lobsang Lhundup, translated by Bhuchung D. Sonam. The first three poems are new translations and the subsequent poems were published in the collection “Burning the Sun’s Braids”. According to a recent report by Radio Free Asia, Lhaden has been held in a […]
High Peaks Pure Earth presents the English translation of the song “Black Hat” by the imprisoned Tibetan singer Lhundrub Drakpa. On October 31, 2020, the Tibetan Centre for Human and Rights and Democracy along with several other Tibetan NGOs based in India, reported on the sentencing of singer Lhundrub Drakpa to six years in prison. Lhundrup Drakpa is from Driru […]
High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a short interview with Tibetan trap music star YOUNG13DBABY. The interview was carried out by the Lhasa based Hima Alaya Studio and published via their WeChat channel on October 13, 2019.
High Peaks Pure Earth has translated an interview with Tibetan rapper Uncle Buddhist that was originally published on December 19, 2018 on the popular TibetSheep WeChat Channel.
High Peaks Pure Earth presents English translations of selected songs by Tibetan music duo called “The Tibet Patient” (བོད་ཀྱི་ནད་པ།). The Tibet Patient are two friends Jigshed Kyab and Pema Dorje from Amdo who met at university. This post follows on from the interview we translated with them and posted online last month.
High Peaks Pure Earth presents the English translation of a song from Tibet by Gyaltsen (Jason J) called “Red-Faced Tibetans” which came out in October 2017.
“Put Down Your Phone!” An Essay and Two Music Videos about Tibetan Mobile Phone Use