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Casper, Christian, Emil, Frederik
Rumspringa is the German term for “running around”, and is an Amish tradition, where Amish teenagers get to decide, whether they want to join the Amish church or not. This rite of passage, begins when they are 16 years old.

The teenagers get to experience the outside world, dress like modern people, make use of modern technology and socialize with other teens that are non-Amish. Rumspringa is very important, because the teens have to use this period to decide how they want to live for the rest of their lives. It can take many years, because there is no deadline, so they can do it after 1 year or after 30 years.

When their Rumspringa is over, they decide if they want to get baptized and continue living as Amish, or live as modern people. Surprisingly, around 90% of Amish teenagers choose to join the Amish church. When they are baptized, they have declared their Christian faith, vowed to be faithful members of the church for the remainder of their lives. If the Amish people then break the rules, they will get shunned and excommunicated.

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Albert, Andreas J, Andreas B
The Amish emerged from the Anabtist movement in 1693 and was led by Jakob Ammann. In the early 18th century many amish immigrated to Pennsylvania.

The first sizable group of Amish people arrived in America around 1730 and settled near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

The Amish have settled in 24 states, Canada, and Central America, about 80 percent are located in Pennsylvania.

In the second half of the 19th century, the Amish divided into the Old Order Amish and the Amish Mennonites. The difference being, that the Amish Mennonites don't avoid inventions such as motor cars, whereas the Old Order Amish have retained much of their traditional culture. When people refer to the Amish today, they usually mean the Old Order Amish.

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Josefine, Malene, Mathilde
The Amish are really different from us. Their culture is very old fashion and they have a completely different way of life. The Amish people are farmers, they don't use technology and it's the man who decides in the relationship.
the Amish are not allowed to talk about their religion, to be filmed or to stand out in a crowd.

Church is also a very big topic in amish culture. Every sunday they take turns hosting church in each others houses. when they attend church in someones house the women and girls sit together and so will men and boys.

When boys and girls turn 16, they are allowed to decide wether they want to be baptized and join the amish church or not.

When you are in the amish community, you have no contact with the outside world.
traditions are very valuable for the amish.
They also believe that they don't need an education, and after eight grade, they will go an rumspringa.

they also believe that god comes first and then their parents second.

with keeping their pennsylvania- dutch, they preserve their origins.

The amish like to think that the outside world is the devils playground, and when they are out there, they play with fire.

in their traditions they are not allowed to use electronics.

The amish have a specific tradition, after the lovers meet, the boys spends the night in the girls bed with her. they are allowed to date, but not be sexually active.

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Matti, Marcus, Jonas
The Amish have a very strict interpretation of the Bible.They live modest and without electricity or other modern technology because their religion tells them so, instead they devote their time on family, community and work. If someone breaks their unwritten code of behavior, they are shunned and have to leave the community. Before being baptised, which is also first at adulthood, and accepting the Amish faith, Amish teenagers are allowed to have their Rumspringa, a period in which the community rules are easend and they are allowed to travel the world before settling down.

One of their main beliefs is being in this world but not of this world. Meaning they try to have as little as possible to do with the outside world. Christian holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Ascension Day and Pentecost are celebrated by the Amish. For one exception. They do not believe in Santa Claus and they do nut decorate a Christmas tree but to do exchange Christmas presents as in the bible.

Funerals are held in the home. The body stays in the house for a couple of days before being buried in Amish cemetery. That is simply something they practice because it is similar to the death of Jesus Christ.

Their religious services are held every other Sunday, usually in different homes. From a very early age the children are tought to be very obedient and to sit quietly. You can say it’s mandatory for the children because the service lasts for 3-4 hours and they sit on hard backless benches. After the service they gather to have a large meal with up to 300 people.

Weddings are usually held in November and December, mainly because there aren’t much farming to be done. There is absolutely no form for divorce and once an Amish man married he grows a beard, which is a symbol for their military persecutors in Europe.

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Anna Emilie, Johanne, Leah
Family is a fundamental thing in Amish society. In the amish family the father is the head of the family. He makes the decisions and the women needs to accept and respect that.
The average amount of children in an amish family is 7. The tasks are clearly divided by sexual role in the Amish family. The man works on the farm, while the woman does all the cleaning, cooking and other household chores. The children also have alot of chores, depending of their gender. They speak pennsylvania dutch at home, but they also learn english at school. The childrens childhood is filled with strict rules and if they don't obey them, they will get punished.
Amish marry amish, intermarriage is not allowed. Divorce is not permitted and separation is very rare.

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Luna, Katrine, Isabella
The Amish are known for their old fashioned attire. The women wear long dresses in blue, green or purple and a bonnet is a must. Girls can wear colourful bonnets but grown women must wear black ones.
Older women wear half-aprons over their dresses while girls wear smocks.
On Sundays married women wear a black half-apron to church and unmarried wear full white ones.

Males usually wear dark clothes without any buttons on their jackets because they symbolise the military and the Amish are not very fond of the military. Hats are a obligatory when they are outside; in winter the hats are made of black felt and when it's summer they wear ones made of straw.
On Sundays they wear black suits with a white shirt and black vest.

When he teenagers turn 16 they begin these years called "Rumspringa" where many of the Amish teenagers experience the outside world which also means that they wear what we know as everyday clothes (e.g. jeans). Females might also try on make-up, which is not allowed by the Amish because it's considered unimportant and the Amish are all about the simple life.

As not mentioned in the previous paragraphs, the Amish make the clothes themselves so there's nothing in the closets that's bought from a clothing store/mall. That might be a bit obvious based on the clothes they wear on an everyday basis.

But after some of them have tried "modern" clothes and then go back to the Amish community they usually don't look the same way at their clothes as they had before. In the documentary "The Devils Playground" a girl talked about her wedding dress that she'd sown herself. Before Rumspringa she thought it was the prettiest dress but afterwards it didn't really look as well because now she'd seen what other people outside of the Amish community wear and that kind off ruined the image she had of the dress.

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The Amish homes are build by themself. When a barn are going to be built then all of the Amish people from that villages comes to help them built it, there can be up to 700 people helping.
the homes are very traditional and not like our homes, they do not have tv's or a fridge to store their food . They do not have electricity so therefore the only light they have is maybe an oil lamp,  fireplace or  candles. They dont have a toilet inside. They have something called the Outhouse and thats where they go if they have to  pee or poop.    The homes are big because an amish family gets a lot of children. So they have to have the space for their kids.
Nearly every Amish homes are built with a spacious basement, witch can serve as a church gathering room, wash room, play space, storage for canned goods, or living space during warmer rooms.
White is the most popular color for the exterior of Amish homes, but in some communities they are built in different shades.
Vibe, Natasja, Josephine

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Simon, Valdemar, Mads Bo
The People of the Amish church start working when they turn 13.

When they turn 13 years of age, the parents send them out to get a job so they can earn money and learn to take care.

Most kids work at factories, farms or small stores. When they have chosen a job they want to stay at, they usually stay at that place till they turn 16 years of age.

If you want to stay in the amish church, you have to start working when you join them again.

When the amish people become older, they usually start working at their own farm if they have one, some amish people also become factory workers or factory owners.

Some Amish people also build things, like houses or furniture for non-Amish people, when they do this, the buyers can come in their car, and get the furniture or something else.

They can also work at factories that are owned by non-Amish people.