UMary Allen
ILinden ngumthi ovuthulukayo. Zikhula kuwo onke amazwe ehlabathi apho kungatshisi kakhulu okanye kubandi kakhulu. Kukho malunga nama-40 eentlobo ezahlukeneyo xa zizonke. EYurophu, kuphela i-linden yasehlotyeni kunye ne-linden yasebusika ikhula, kwamanye amazwe i-linden yesilivere.
Imithi yeLinden inevumba elinamandla kakhulu xa idubula. Umntu uthanda ukuqokelela iintyatyambo kunye nokupheka itiye yonyango kunye nabo. Isebenza kumqala obuhlungu kwaye ithomalalisa umnqweno wokukhohlela. Ikwasebenza ngokuchasene nomkhuhlane kunye neentlungu zesisu. Iti yeentyatyambo zekalika iyabathomalalisa abantu. Kodwa abaninzi bayisela kuba nje incasa kubo. Iinyosi nazo zithanda iintyatyambo ze-linden kakhulu.
Kwimeko yomthi we-linden, iindandatho zonyaka zikhula malunga nezinga elifanayo. Ukukhula kwehlobo akufani kakhulu nokukhula kwasebusika. Awuboni mahluko kumbala kwaye ke ngoko ukutyeba. Oku kubangela umthi olungeleleneyo ofanele imifanekiso eqingqiweyo. Ngokukodwa kwixesha leGothic, amagcisa akrola izibingelelo ngomthi we-linden. Namhlanje, umthi wekalika usetyenziswa rhoqo njengeenkuni zefenitshala.
Ngaphambili, imithi ye-linden yayinenye intsingiselo: kuMbindi Yurophu, kwakukho umthi we-linden wedolophana. Abantu babehlanganisana apho ukuze batshintshisane ngezimvo okanye bafumane indoda okanye ibhinqa ubomi babo bonke. Ngamanye amaxesha le mithi ye-linden yayibizwa ngokuba "yimithi ye-linden yokudansa". Kodwa inkundla yayisoloko ibanjelwa apho.
Kukho imithi ye-linden edume kakhulu: ngenxa yobudala bayo obukhulu, ngenxa yesiqu sayo esityebileyo, okanye ibali elisemva kwayo. Emva kweemfazwe okanye emva kwezifo ezinzulu eziye zachaphazela abantu abaninzi, umthi we-linden wawudla ngokutyalwa kwaye ubizwa ngokuba ngumthi we-linden woxolo.