Justice in Translation 4/2023, “Song lyrics by BLAST: Music from the Kachin rock band in the film Above & Below the Ground,” just published!
This is a translation of two songs by BLAST, a punk rock band formed by Indigenous Kachin pastors in Kachin State Myanmar whose songs helped launch and grow Myanmar’s first country-wide environmental movement, against the Myitsone Dam. They are featured in the recently-released feature documentary, Above & Below the Ground.
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