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  • EpicEpic of King Gesarགེ་སར།Anonymous · 1200The epic comes from the Tibetan and Mongol world; Bhutan knows it through a masked dance that came from Tibet.Literature
  • PoetryYak Legpai Lhadar GawoAp Chuni Dorji · 1960not translated into EnglishIn the high valleys, yak herders compete in improvised poetic duels before an audience.Literature
  • NarrativeThe Divine Madman: The Sublime Life and Songs of Drukpa Kunley'Gro ba'i mgon po chos rje kun dga' legs pa'i rnam thar rgya mtsho'i snying po mthong ba don ldanGendün Rinchen · 1966The legendary life of the divine madman, a wandering yogi between Tibet and Bhutan, in anecdotes and songs.Literature
  • Feature filmGasa Lamai SingyeUgyen Wangdi · 1989The founding film of Bhutanese cinema, drawn from a legend of lovers parted in Punakha.Cinema
  • TaleFolktales of BhutanKunzang Choden · 1994Tales from central Bhutan, collected from oral tradition by an author from Bumthang.Literature
  • CinemaThe CupPhörpaKhyentse Norbu · 1999Tibetan monks who have taken refuge in India live under an ancient rule, apart from an event that the whole world is watching.Cinema
  • Feature filmRewaaTshering Wangyel · 1999A romantic rivalry between two students, in the first commercial success of Bhutanese cinema.Cinema