📝Everyday life and custom are governed by an unwritten code of behaviour called the Ordnung(Order)
🔶All modern Technology are forbidden
🔶The Amish typically accept the photographing of their way of life, but they forbid photos of themselves, believing such things are graven images in violation of the Second Commandment. For this same reason the dolls young Amish girls play with are traditionally faceless.
🔶Electricity is also strongly avoided
🔶Musical instruments are also forbidden by the Old Order Amish
🔶Amish children typically attend one-room schools run by the community, and they attend school only through the eighth grade
🔶Their favourite sports are volley ball & softball played only for enjoyment not for competition
🔶All modern Technology are forbidden
🔶The Amish typically accept the photographing of their way of life, but they forbid photos of themselves, believing such things are graven images in violation of the Second Commandment. For this same reason the dolls young Amish girls play with are traditionally faceless.
🔶Electricity is also strongly avoided
🔶Musical instruments are also forbidden by the Old Order Amish
🔶Amish children typically attend one-room schools run by the community, and they attend school only through the eighth grade
🔶Their favourite sports are volley ball & softball played only for enjoyment not for competition