28 January 2006
Amish Rumspringa
Thanks to the reality show "Amish in the City", today I learnt that the Amish people have a rite of passage called "rumspringa" where young adults (in their late teens or so), have an opportunity to experience life outside the strict rules of the Amish. So it's basically a sort of "rebellious" phase where they can explore the world outside (although usually not wandering far from home), and after the experience, they can decide whether they want to be baptized and make a life commitment to the Amish lifestyle, or whether they want to leave their Amish life along with their family and friends, and start a whole new lifestyle. Most Amish teens do get baptized into the church, though.
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