Iindaba ezimnandi: I-Elves iyinyani, kwaye ihlala kuyo Ayisilend .
Kuyabonakala ukuba, ezi zinto zingaziwayo zendalo zingenakufana nabancedisi bakaSanta okanye uLegolas INkosi yeeRingi , kodwa kukho iindidi ezininzi zeelves, ngokwe-Icelandic lore.
Ngoku ka Indlela engaphantsi , Isikolo i-Elf sase-Iceland, esiqaliswe ngumphathi omkhulu (kunye nengcali ye-elf) uMagnus Skarphedinsson, sinikezelwe ekubhaleni ukudibana kwe-elf elizweni, ngamabali ali-1,400 kunye nokubala.
USkarphedinsson uchithe iminyaka engama-34 efunda ii-elves kunye nefuthe labo kubomi bendawo e-Iceland. Ndiqokelela amabali malunga namava obuqhetseba, iziporho, kunye nemimoya, kwaye ngelixa ndingazange ndibabone ngokwam, ndiqinisekile ukuba ii-elves nabantu abafihlakeleyo, okanye i-huldufólk, zikhona, utshilo u-Skarphedinsson Indlela engaphantsi.
I-Elves, ekwabizwa ngokuba ngabantu abafihliweyo, inokuphakama kwaye ichwetheze, ngaphezulu kwe-15 yeentlobo ezahlukeneyo ezibhalwe sisikolo i-Elf, Indlela engaphantsi ixelwe. USkarphedinsson wenze udliwanondlebe nabantu abangaphezu kwama-900 base-Iceland kunye nabantu abangaphezu kwama-500 abavela kwamanye amazwe abathi babenokudibana, kwaye abantu bevela kwihlabathi lonke ukuza kwiiseshoni kwisikolo i-Elf, esibamba iiklasi ngolwesiHlanu ezihlola umhlaba weelves kubandakanya omabini la maxesha kunye neentsomi malunga nabo.
Izindlu eziqhelekileyo ze-elf kufutshane nefama yemveli kufutshane neVik y Myrdal kwiSiqithi ngexesha lasebusika emva kwethwa elinamandla Ityala: UMartin Zwick / iREDA kunye ne-CO / iQela leMifanekiso leNdawo ngeGetty Images
I-Elves ibaluleke ngokukodwa kwinkcubeko yase-Iceland. Abantu base-Iceland banobuhlobo obunzulu kunye nabantu abafihlakeleyo, utshilo uSkarphedinsson Indlela engaphantsi . Ukuba umntu ulahlekile endle, abantu abafihliweyo babemnika indawo yokuhlala. Ukuba abantu balambile, baya kubanika ukutya. Ukuba bayagula, baya kubaphilisa. Kukho amaxesha amaninzi abantu base-Iceland bancedwe ngabantu abafihliweyo.
Ngelixa ii-elves zingadibani neKrisimesi kweli lizwe, Indlela engaphantsi uxele ukuba abantwana babashiyela ukutya ngobusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi. U-Eva woNyaka oMtsha unxulunyaniswa ngakumbi neengcongolo zaseIceland, ekuthiwa zihambisa amakhaya abo ubusuku ngonyaka.
I-Elves ikwanxulunyaniswa nemibhiyozo yoBusuku beShumi elinambini (nge-5 kaJanuwari, okanye umhla we-12 weKrisimesi) kunye nomnyhadala wase-Iceland wase-Þrettándinn (umthendeleko we-Epiphany, Jan. 6), ngokwe Indlela engaphantsi.
Abakhenkethi abafuna ukufunda ngakumbi ngee-elves banokuya kwisikolo i-Elf eReykjavik ngoLwesihlanu emva kwemini. Iiseshoni zesikolo zihlala phakathi kweeyure ezintathu ukuya kwezine kunye neendleko ze- € 56 ($ 68 USD), kubandakanya iti kunye neepancake njengesiqwengana. Okwangoku, ezinye izithintelo ze-COVID-19 ziyasebenza, nangona isikolo sikwafumaneka nakwiiseshoni zabucala.
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UAndrea Romano ngumbhali ozimeleyo kwisiXeko saseNew York. Mlandele kuTwitter @theandrearomano.