Similar Posts
The Amish barn-raising
Nebraska Amish barn-raising photo: Randall Persing These don’t happen too often, but when they do, Amish photographers (erm, that is, photographers of the Amish) come out in droves. The Amish barn-raising. It’s one of the most-publicized images of the Plain People. Has anyone ever witnessed one? The frolic I attended in Ohio in September was more of a ‘shed-raising’, and in fact, most of it…
Cow Caption Voting & Follow-up Photos
As promised, today we have the finalists in the cow photo caption contest. Â It was too difficult to choose just 5 from the many creative entries you submitted, so I upped it to 7 finalists. Â What do you know, cows are inspiring creatures. Vote below, and I’ll announce the winner in the comments section here on Thursday. Â I’ve also got a follow-up photo showing how…
Eli Stutzman and the Swartzentruber Amish
Eli Stutzman, convicted murderer and father of ‘Little Boy Blue’, was an exile from the ultraconservative Swartzentruber Amish group. When you read words like ‘secretive’, ‘closed’, and ‘backward’ in the same sentence as ‘Amish’, the writer, rightly or wrongly, is often referring to this sect. Wayne County, Ohio, where Stutzman originated, has a high number of Swartzentruber members, with quite a few spilling over into…
High German vs. Pennsylvania German In Conversation (Video)
How different are High German and the everyday language of the Amish*, Pennsylvania German (aka Pennsylvania Dutch)? In today’s video, a High German speaker converses with three Amish people – first Menno Petersheim of Shipshewana, IN, then Ivan and Ruth Chupp of Burr Oak, MI. You can see how well they are able to understand one another, and follow along thanks to the English subtitles. The…
Amish Church Clothing (8 Photos)
What do Amish wear to church? In addition to their many women’s head coverings, the Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center also has several items of church clothing on display. The Woman’s Cape & Apron First of all, a woman’s cape and apron: The cape and apron are commonly worn on Sunday across communities (we had a look recently at Amish wedding clothing, showing another example of…
25th Annual Horse Progress Days – June 29-30, 2018 (Clare, MI)
Next week, Clare, Michigan plays host to the 25th edition of Horse Progress Days. This Amish-heavy event celebrates horse farming, horse-drawn equipment, and land stewardship. Previous editions have seen upwards of 20,000 attend the gathering. The event rotates through a number of locations including Leola, Pennsylvania, Arthur, Illinois, and Mt. Hope, Ohio. The mission statement of Horse Progress Days is “To encourage and promote the combination…
Leave a Reply to Amish America Cancel reply
3 Comments
I found the article absolutely fascinating. I was glad that the author pondered questions about technology and community, rather than hold up the Amish to ridicule as hypocrites.
Thanks for checking it out. On the whole the article is really well done. And it’s actually about 7 or 8 years old. Great point on the Amish not shunning all tech, but being ‘techno-selective.’
I remember the first time I saw an Amish person with a cell. A lady taking a call from her husband at work. Blew me away.
Erik
I have to admit, I would be flabbergasted, too, if I saw an Amish person on a cell phone.