Mary Allen
He ʻīlio ʻīlio ʻo Lhasa Apso me nā kumu ma kahi o 2000 mau makahiki i hala ma nā mauna o Tibet. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka inoa o ka pua he unuhi ʻano ʻano - "kao mauna". Ua hāʻawi ʻia kēlā inoa maʻamau i ka pua ma muli o ke kapa lōʻihi a me ka hiki ke lanakila maikaʻi i nā pali mauna.
Ua mahalo ʻia nā ʻīlio Lhasa apso e ka poʻe noho o Tibet i nā manawa a pau a he talisman e lawe mai i ka laki a me ka hauʻoli i ka mea nona. Ua manaʻo ʻia he hōʻailona o ka mahalo kūikawā e hāʻawi i kahi kanaka i kahi ʻīlio Lhasa Terrier. ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha, hāʻawi pinepine ʻia lākou i nā luna waiwai a me nā mō'ī. Ua mahalo nā mōneka o Tibet i nā ʻīlio ma ke ʻano he mea laʻa, no laila ua pāpā ʻia kā lākou lawe ʻana i waho o ka ʻāina. Mahalo nui i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hiki ke mālama i ke "koko maʻemaʻe" o ka pua a hiki i kēia lā.
