Amish culture
Bonnets and buggies
Amish culture refers to the traditional way of life practiced by the Amish, a Christian group descended from Swiss Anabaptists who settled in North America in the 18th century.
The culture emphasizes separation from the modern world, plain dress, rejection of most modern technology, and close-knit agricultural communities.
Amish life centers on family, church, and mutual aid, with decisions governed by the Ordnung—unwritten rules varying by congregation.
The documentary explored Amish culture and its surprising diversity across settlements.
- Pennsylvania DutchGerman-descended American subculture
- nonresistanceRefusal to oppose force
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- conscientious objectionMoral refusal to fight
- simplicityLack of complexity
no electricity · quilting · prayer cap · Rumspringa · running around · humility · barn raising · Gelassenheit · pacifism · mutual aid · deacon · baptism · farming · bishop · High German · forgiveness · legal exemptions · plow
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