Translations and Commentary from Tibetan Social Media
High Peaks Pure Earth presents the Winter 2021 Tibet Reading List! We’ve updated the previous Summer Reading List to include over 20 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 […]
High Peaks Pure Earth presents the English translation of a new poem by Woeser written on August 16, 2021 and posted on her blog on August 24, 2021. This poem was written in response to the news about the Taliban regaining control of Afghanistan and translated by Ian Boyden. “The Peacock’s Cry” By Woeser Midnight and it’s still noisy. Rumbles […]
Prior to his Weibo account being disabled, we archived several of Tashi Wangchuk's posts. They illustrate his commitment to insist the authorities uphold #Tibetan language rights.
Read the translated Weibo posts https://highpeakspureearth.com/censored-weibo-posts-by-tibetan-language-rights-advocate-tashi-wangchuk/
Growing up, I seldom saw Tibet on international maps. With the exception of a few scholarly books, it was mostly in Tibetan households that our country could still be found -- on maps our own people produced.
But at my school, in our libraries, no maps showed Tibet.
High Peaks Pure Earth presents two music videos about Tibetan mobile phone use and an introductory essay by Tsering Lundrub. Please scroll down to see the music videos, one by Wangmo Dechen and another by a singer using the name “Dakpo’s Dog”. The music videos contain English subtitles and the translation is also posted beneath each video. Thank you to […]
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.
“Put Down Your Phone!” An Essay and Two Music Videos about Tibetan Mobile Phone Use