I-CARDIFF, i-Wales - i-Croeso (Nguwo "Wamkelekile!" NgesiWelsh) - NgoSeptemba 4th kunye ne-5th, i-2014 Wales iya kwamkela malunga neenkokheli ze-60 ezivela kwihlabathi lonke ukuya kwi-2014 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit. INgqungquthela iya kuqhubeka kwiCeltic Manor Resort eNewport, emi kwimizuzu nje engamashumi amabini ngaphandle kwesixeko esilikomkhulu saseWales eCardiff. Le iya kuba yiNgqungquthela yokuqala ye-NATO eWales kwaye iya kuba sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba uMongameli wase-US ohleliyo atyelele eli lizwe laseCeltic.

Ngokwenyani, iUnited States kunye neWales zibotshelelwe linani elimangalisayo lamakhonkco amancinane aziwayo embali. Nazi nje ezimbalwa:

Intsomi ithi iNkosana uMadog ab Owain Gwynedd wahamba ngomkhumbi waya kwindawo ngoku eyi-Alabama ngo-1170;

UThomas Jefferson waseMelika waseWelsh wabhala isiBhengezo seNkululeko;

Kubekho ooMongameli abalithoba base-US abanemvelaphi yaseWales;

Inani labantu baseMelika abanamagama aseWales uWilliam, uEvans noJones liphezulu kunabantu baseWales (izigidi ezi-3);

Imbongi edumileyo yaseWales uDylan Thomas (b. 1914 eSwansea) yafela eNew York ngowe-1953; www.dylanthomas100.org;

IYunivesithi yaseYale yathiywa ngegama laseWales uElihu Yale;

UHillary Rodham Clinton unezinyanya zaseWales.

U-HRH INkosana yaseWales iya kubamba umcimbi okhethekileyo weqela kunye neendwendwe ezihloniphekileyo eziquka iNkulumbuso uDavid Cameron, uMphathiswa wokuqala waseWales uCarwyn Jones kunye noNobhala waseWales uStephen Crabb. UMongameli u-Obama kunye nabanye abantu abahloniphekileyo banokulindela ukonwabela isidlo sasekhaya esilungiselelwe nguChef waseWales ophumelele ibhaso uStephen Terry. 'Entsha' kunye 'nendawo' ngamagama amabini abalulekileyo xa uthetha ngokutya kwe-Welsh. Kwaye imbonakalo-mhlaba eyahluka-hlukeneyo yaseWales ibonisa ukutsha, umgangatho kunye nokwahluka kwemveliso yayo. Undwendwe oluya eWales lunokwenza isampulu yokutya kukaChef Terry e-Hardwick, kufutshane ne-Abergavenny.

Ilizwe lezigidi ezintathu ezinembali ye-30,000 ubudala, iWales yaziwa ngokuba ngumhlaba omlingo weentsomi ze-epic, i-Arthurian legend kunye nengoma; ilizwe leembongi, abadlali kunye neengcinga zokuqala (umbhobho, iseli yepetroli, uphawu olulinganayo lwemathematika kunye nebhiya enkonkxiweyo zizo zonke izinto ezintsha zaseWales). IWales izibonakalise njengenkokeli yehlabathi kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana ngezinto eziphunyeziweyo ezonwabisa iindwendwe namhlanje:

Ngo-1927, iMyuziyam yeSizwe yaseCardiff yavulwa kwaye ngoku igcina ingqokelela ye-eclectic, kuquka neyona ngqokelela yobugcisa behlabathi yesibini ngobukhulu.

Ngokuvulwa kweNdlela yoNxweme lwaseWales ngo-2012, iWales yaba lilizwe lokuqala emhlabeni elinomjikelezo ohambekayo ngokupheleleyo.

Kumda osentshona we-Mid-Wales, iPaki yeSizwe iBrecon Beacons yenye nje yeendawo ezisibhozo 'zokuGcina iSibhakabhaka esiMnyama' emhlabeni.

I-Llanwrtyd Wells yamkelwa amashumi eminyaka 'njengenkunzi ye-quirk' eWales. Rhoqo ehlotyeni idolophu-emi kwintlambo ethe cwaka kumda weentaba zeCambrian - ibamba imisitho yayo yonyaka yeGreen-apho abakhuphiswano bezizwe ngezizwe bebonisa isakhono sabo kwi-bog snorkeling, kugqatso lomdyarho wamahashe kunye nolunye ukhuphiswano lokubetha.