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"The Amish blueprint for expected behavior, called the Ordnung, regulates private, public, and ceremonial life. Ordnung does not translate readily into English. Sometimes rendered as ordinance or discipline, the Ordnung is best thought of as an ordering of the whole way of life ... a code of conduct which the church maintains by tradition rather than by systematic or explicit rules. A member noted: The order is not written down. The people just know it, that's all. Rather than a packet of rules to memorize, the Ordnung is the understood behavior by which the Amish are expected to live. In the same way that the rules of grammar are learned by children, so the Ordnung, the grammar of order, is learned by Amish youth. The Ordnung evolved gradually over the decades as the church sought to strike a delicate balance between tradition and change. Specific details of the Ordnung vary across church districts and settlements."
— Donald B. Kraybill , The Riddle of Amish Culture
Pennsylvania Dutch
Amish roots stretch back to the sixteenth century
The Amish are an american protestant group with around 200,000 members.
Alisa Facher, 26.02.2014
Religious practices
Separation
The Amish believe that it's essential to keep themselves separated from the 'world', they live in their own small communities and differ from other Americans in their dress, language, work, travel and education.
Simplicity and humility
The Amish stress simplicity and humility. They avoid anything associated with self-exaltation, pride of position or enjoyment of power.
Ordnung
The Ordnung is a set of rules for Amish
Rumspringa
At the age of 16 amish children are given a great deal of freedom which they can use to experience the 'outside' world
Harmony with nature
Amish believe that god is pleased when people work in harmony with nature, the soil, the weather and care for animals and plants. The Amish always live in rural communities.