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    aware of the different cultures that I was never been known that much before in my life. I learn a lot about Amish culture‚ values and practices‚ and the understanding Amish cultures is very important for history of Amish. The Amish is branch of Christianity and they originally come from Switzerland. The Amish emerged from Anabaptist movement in 1525‚ that are known nowadays as Mennonites and later on spread out all over surrounding cities and countries. This old and new Amish does not believe a government

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    Morgan Yordy Culture Speech Outline Specific Goal: Inform about the Amish lifestyle and culture. Introduction Imagine your life without electricity‚ a formal education past eighth grade‚ or blue jeans. Sounds pretty tough‚ right? This is a simple way to explain the lifestyle of the Amish communities that are scattered throughout North America. For most of us‚ the Amish are a group of people that are mysterious‚ like a letter that contains no return address and appears in the mail one day

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    choose the topic about Amish because I’m very curious about the Amish culture. I don’t think people understand how different the Amish live. Students who go to Ohio State University no idea what an Amish person looks like. My cousin takes pictures of horse and buggies to show them what is normal in our town. I live in the country‚ so therefore there are Amish people all around us. I never understood how they lived‚ or why they choose lived like that. I know that Amish people are humble people

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    The Amish Tiffany Capehart ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Jennifer Hotzman 12/10/12 The Amish Community is very interesting to me. I enjoyed the research and all I have learned by writing this paper. I am going to write this paper on the Amish ways. This paper will include the Amish history‚ beliefs‚ economic status and their organization. Amish History The Amish (also called Amish Mennonites) are all members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination who are especially known

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    Amish Culture Odel R. Ortega ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof. Corinne Barker April 01‚ 2012 Amish Culture The Amish or Anabaptists date back to sixteenth-century Europe were they lived a life of turmoil due to their subsequent believes. The Amish’s primary mode of subsistence known as emerging agriculturalists‚ a method of cultivating soil‚ producing crops‚ raising and hording livestock. Traditional Amish culture revolve around agriculture‚ farm life is practiced and

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    The Amish Having no electricity‚ no phones or even any modern day technology- to us it would be a major culture shock but to the Amish it is just another day in life. The Amish are considered a society that is outdated and old. I have learned from researching that they can be fully functional. The way they dress is probably the most obvious sign of what sets them off from everyone else. The men‚ women‚ and kids have a certain way they have to dress every day. Men generally wear dark colored

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    One main factor that was used to compare and contrast the Mesoamerican and Andrean cultures is their use of the calendar. The two cultures had different methods for keeping track of time‚ which very closely coincided with their religious practices. Both communities had specific times‚ many having to do with lunar cycles‚ on which they relied on to know when to hold certain ceremonies and ritual. 2. In classic and post-classic Mesoamerica the temples that were built were sponsors of the ruled by

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    1. Compare and contrast the political cultures of Texas. In Texas we have a unique political culture meaning that it is strong and independent. While everyone in Texas has the right to believe what they want it really all comes down too simple little things. In order to understand political culture we must first understand the underground part of it being political socialization this is basically an individual’s beliefs and how the outlook they have on the government is. While for some it may be

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    Langlier; both were raised Amish‚ they met when they were teens in the Amish community in Central PA. Mrs. Langlier‚ the daughter of the bishop‚ and Mr. Langlier the son of a Farmer. When they married‚ farming was what they knew and began. They have six children‚ three boys and three girls. Their farm is pristine and welcoming‚ it is the home Mrs. Langlier was raised. Mrs. Langlier moved to Central PA when she was nine‚ from Ohio. There was a split in the Amish community‚ because of some

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    What is culture? Culture is the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts‚ letters‚ manners‚ scholarly pursuits. The Egyptian culture aspects are different to American culture. Those aspects that I based my information off art & literature‚ religion‚ and social organization. American and Egyptians are both very different but similar . One way they are different is religion. Egyptians are polytheistic which means that they believe in many

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