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Music and film are taking over the cultural position once held in Tibet by folktales, where the trickster Uncle Tonpa (centre) is a beloved and enduring figure. But the trickster of tradition has not disappeared – he has put on headphones.Illustration: Manna Phanjoubam
Palden Gyal is a historian of modern Tibet and late imperial China, specialising in the Sino-Tibetan borderlands from the 18th century onwards. He is a postdoctoral research scholar and lecturer at Columbia University.
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