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And the dislocation and impermanence of the monks’ refuge is searing.
As the new generation integrate into Indian, and global communities away
from Tibet, the old have their trunks packed, waitingƒwaitingƒwaiting
return to the homeland. The Cup is a story of change, of negotiating home
and homelessness. Specifically, it is the story of a formerly isolated,
ancient culture mutating as it reaches into the outside, globalised world.
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Trainers
and mandalas; satellite dishes next to prayer flagsƒTibetan culture is changing
as all must change. Is it wrong that monks wear baseball caps? Is it right
that the Tibet’s feudal theocracy is being dismantled, the lessons of western
democracy learnt? As any good film, The Cup gives no answers. It only raises
questions.
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