The Amish are often misunderstood, and many of their traditions and values can seem surprising to outsiders. While we are ...

Men and boys wear dark-coloured suits, straight-cut coats and black or straw broad-brimmed hats. They grow beards only after they marry. Modern technology is not rejected out of hand. Some farms have ...

In 2011, five Amish men had their beards cut off with horse mane shears or clippers by a breakaway group of Amish late at night. ... Amish boys in traditional dress learning to skate in 1955.

The Amish, as most readers will know, are a Christian religious denomination who arrived from Germany and Switzerland in the early 1800s. Their members are recognizable by their style of dress and ...