Translations and Commentary from Tibetan Social Media
High Peaks Pure Earth presents the Summer 2023 Tibet Reading List! We’ve updated the previous Winter Reading List to include over 30 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 […]
Burned by the Hot Fires of Hell: The Deadly Spectacle of the Cultural Revolution in Amdo An alphabetic poem by Akhu Tsultrim Sangpo (1932-2021)Submitted by the Amdo Translation Collective (ATC) “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you” –Maya Angelou Introduction to the author Akhu Tsultrim Sangpo Two members of the Amdo Translation Collective (ATC) met […]
Losar Tashi Delek to all High Peaks Pure Earth readers around the world! We hope the year of the Water Hare 2150 has started well. Our first post of the Tibetan new year is a music video called “Homeland” (Phayul) by model and singer from Amdo, Rinchen Dolma. Notably the song is composed by established singer and musician, also from […]
High Peaks Pure Earth presents biographical information about the late popular Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu and translations of two of his songs . The songs are 2018’s “Tsampa” and 2020’s “Returning Home”. *Please scroll down to see the music videos* It has now been widely reported that Tsewang Norbu carried out a self-immolation protest in Lhasa by the Drakgo Kaling […]
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.
“Put Down Your Phone!” An Essay and Two Music Videos about Tibetan Mobile Phone Use