Amish

they dance to different kinds of music like jujube and Kaunda and kabuki etc."they dance to different kinds of music like jujube and Kaunda and kabuki etc." I don't know who wrote this, but whomever did is hilarious! Historically, Mennonites considered dancing to be lewd, heretical, and unbecoming of Christian-like behavior. It wasn't until the late 80's that select Mennonite college campuses began allowing on-campus dances. Although there is more tolerance of dancing in the churches now than ever before, dancing is still frowned upon by many in the older generation. So to answer your question: Very few Mennonites dance, and those who do participate in dance forms that you are familiar with (Ballet, Modern, Tap, Hip Hop, Salsa, Bachata, West African, square dancing, liturgical dancing, Twerking, and the Harlem Shake). I was raised Mennonite, and I am now a professional Contemporary dancer. Mennonites aren't much different than the rest of the population despite preconceived notions. They are not Amish (who, by the way, don't dance at all).

Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"

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An Allusion is a reference, direct or indirect to someone, or something, outside a literary work. Amish Paradise is an Allusion because it is a parody of the original song "Gangsta's Paradise."

The Amish are a group of individuals whom, for religious reasons, choose to rely on techniques and technologies that they can make, control and repair without reliance on an outside community. Because of this religious belief and lifestyle, most Amish communities do not have electricity or electrical machinery. Therefore, true Amish quilts are made by hand, with a thread needle and fabric. However, there are quite a few underhanded dealers who will sell "Amish" quilts that were not made by hand without the use of a machine.

It is a protestant bible in German, they have it in asnother way.

If you are referring to the "pious" woman (I believe her mentions the phrase "holier than thou art" when she is shown, that is Florence Henderson. She was the original Carol Brady from the Brady Bunch TV show in the 70s.

Rachael Theobald was Amish as a youngster and her parents are very proud of it. They lived in a village and their cult name was Utter. Rachael is very embarrassed of her nationality so if you ask her this question she will deny it.

But yes, Rachael is in fact Amish, along with her hamster Maximus.

No. They do not conform to the rest of society.

Partly it depends on what type of Amish people we are referring to. The usual group meant when referring to Amish are the Old Order Amish who do practice separation. There are a number of other types of Amish people who are less separate and take more part in society, although taking care not to compromise their beliefs at the same time.

The Amish use lathes. What they DON'T use is electricity from the mains, unless they're renting the building their shop is in. Instead, they put a diesel engine in the shop, connect it to a driveshaft, and power the lathe from the driveshaft with leather belts. Or they drive the lathe with air or hydraulic.

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Yes most Amish are allowed to have swiming pools.

Yes, they do swim. I am not Amish, but know an Amish family in Penn. who have a pond on their farm with a dock and diving board that they swim in in the summertime.

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I am currently staying at a Comfort Inn in Goshen, IN (near Shipshewana). Just saw an Amish family swimming in the hotel's pool. They wore regular bathing suits, although the colors were black and subdued.

This would generally only be acceptable if there were only other females present, for example if the pool was privately booked. This is because of their concerns about modesty. This would apply equally to males.

yes they do i read a book about them and they do that because it lets their kids be creative.

yeah why wouldn't they

The Amish help each other out in most cases, whether it is a natural disaster, accident, or vandalism.

The Amish will rebuild most structures the same or better than before, sometimes the materials are donated by other members as well.

Depending on size of the structure, not only will members in the community contribute, but Amish from other communities will travel at their own expense to aid.

This has been a temptation to some Amish men, who set buildings on fire on purpose so the community will believe there was a disaster of fate and rebuild new.

John Book gets called English and Yankee, but not just by Samuel Lapp.

He refers to black men as Schwartz, which is basically the same word in German, in Pennsylvania Dutch and in Yiddish. It means black.

He describes one of the bad guys as not schtumpig. That translates as the runt of a litter.

And I think someone gets called dopplick. A child that is learning to walk and is unsteady on his feet is called dopplick. Thar's a term of affection, so nobody calls a drunkard dopplick (although he is) except perhaps a girlfriend or wife that's in a forgiving mood.

It would all depend on the person.

i do not think so

Amish people are ultra orthodox Jews that believe Christ, and slowly adapted to the Christian religion with many changes of religion, they themselves in doing so created new religions, losing most of the Jewish customs and traditions along the way.

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They immigrated from Netherlands like most migrants at the time on Dutch ships, they migrated to America over time on many ship passings, and they came from many parts of Europe mostly northern countries of Europe like Switzerland, Poland, France, and of course Germany.

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They were a diverse group, of university educated individuals, to well of large noble families, and religious Rabbis, even their labours, plus concubines migrated with them.

But they were for most part of Jewish ethnic race, that mistreated by both Catholic church for holding onto their Jewish traditions, and By other larger percentage of Jews for believing in Jesus as the Messiah.

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The question could be asked what are the Amish now, lost would be my person answer and my opinion, as they are poorly uneducated, living minimal existence on border line poverty, surviving on child labour for their means, un-knowledgeable about their own history, adapting so much modern technology you it hard say how different from English outsiders, and genetically dying as a Ethnic group of their own because of intermarrying for countless centuries.

NO! But in Pennsylvania they number in the hundreds of thousands.

They are all controlled and has not much freedom.

They don't use the high technology stuff that we are using now days and they also both don't wear very fancy clothes, that makes everyone the same.

Since we are now living in 2009 there are probably people of Pennsylvania Dutch heritage residing in all 50 states.