UMary Allen
I-Lhasa Apso iwuhlobo lwenja enemvelaphi cishe eminyakeni engu-2000 edlule ezintabeni zaseTibet. Eqinisweni, igama lohlobo nalo linenguqulo ehlukile - "imbuzi yentaba". Igama elinjalo elingajwayelekile lanikezwa uhlobo ngenxa yejazi elide kanye nekhono lokunqoba ngomusa imithambeka yezintaba.
Imidlwane ye-Lhasa apso iye yahlonishwa izakhamuzi zaseTibet ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi yayiyi-talisman eletha inhlanhla nenjabulo kumnikazi. Kwakubhekwa njengesibonakaliso senhlonipho ekhethekile ukunikeza umuntu umdlwane we-Lhasa Terrier. Akumangalisi ukuthi ngokuvamile ayenikelwa ezikhulwini ezicebile ngisho nakubabusi. Izindela zaseTibet zazihlonipha izinja njengezidalwa ezingcwele, ngakho ukuthunyelwa kwazo ngaphandle kwezwe kwakungavunyelwe. Ngokuyinhloko ngenxa yaleli qiniso, kuye kwenzeka ukulondoloza “igazi elihlanzekile” lohlobo kuze kube namuhla.
