Amish communitiies--what do they do?

Answer 1

I lived in Pennsylvania near Amish people when I was young, so my information is a little out of date. But I saw the movie "Witness" recently, and from all I could tell, it was a pretty accurate portrayal of present-day Amish.

What they do, in terms of how they spend the greater part of their time, is that almost all of them are farmers. There are some professional craftsmen, such as buggy makers and repairmen, but most of them are farmers.

The women are, quite simply, housewives. But these women run their houses without any electrical appliances, and manage to do it amazingly well, and seemingly with great pleasure in their own competence. They make all their own clothes, do all their own baking, cooking, cleaning, etc., and usually the kitchen garden and a good bit of outdoor farm work as well, such as feeding animals and gathering eggs from the chickens.

The children learn to do chores from an early age, and so they are also helping their parents in these tasks. They also have their own schools, not unlike those common in the 19th century throughout rural America. If not literally one-room school houses, they are generally very small and kept simple. And the children do chores at the schoolhouse as well.

The other thing they do is pray, and go to church. And the barn-raising scene in "Witness" was very real. These people have a wonderful sense of community, and understand the value of working together for the sake of their neighbors, in mutual aid.

Answer 2

They farm and sell hand crafted items to tourists and a farmers markets. They work incredibly hard, are very honest, and have lovely farms.

Answer 3

they work very hard. they grow their own food , build their own houses , the don't use modern technology , they are very religious

Answer 4

Worship and live.