Sunday, 23 February 2014

Amish

Source: http://amishamerica.com/

This website represents the Amish organisation. It includes various information such as news,stories and their lifestyle. The man responsible for this website is Erik Wesner. Although he is not Amish himself, he has been fortunate enough to experience Amish life for himself first hand.
The Amish community originate from Pennsylvania during the 18th century. They keep to old traditional values, have a strong sense of community, dress simply, refuse to conform to society, etc.
The website includes an Encyclopedia which has a diverse range of topics as well as useful questions. For example, the discussion of Amish business, their beliefs, clothing and appearance, etc. Many seem to be interested in the Amish lifestyle and various questions are asked such as, do Amish use electricity?, What do Amish eat?, Do Amish visit doctors?, Do Amish vote? etc.
It also includes a blog where various Amish people are able to write about current news, as well as sharing photos with the rest of the community, quizzes, and general updates which illustrate the strong sense of community.
It could be considered that the Amish community does sharpen the sense of American identity due to the fact they place a high value on hard work (manual labour, etc) even though they have strayed away from the mainstream American society. 

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