Okay, it is Friday, time to explore everything and anything posted on YouTube having to do with Amish or Plain culture. Â Have some interesting stuff this week, let's dive right into it!
AMISH IN MONTICELLO: Â Some segments of the Amish really do enjoy educational enrichment trips, especially after the children are grown and on their own. Â Looks like a large, large group of Amish decided to take a field trip to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Â Click here for an interesting clip.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH LESSONS: Â Elizabeth Byler Younts gives a quick YouTube tutorial of some Amish language basics. Â Click here to watch.
LOW GERMAN IN KANSAS: Â This is a really interesting 8 minute "mini-documentary" posted by Emporia State University in Kansas. Â The video traces the Mennonite migration from Germany to Russia and then to Canada and Mexico and, finally, to Kansas. Â I didn't realize there was a large population of Russian Mennonites in southwest Kansas. Â Interesting interview here!
ICE FLOE: Â This video is from 2010 near St. Jacob's, Ontario's Mennonite settlement. Apparently a river there has a "buggy bridge" crossing it and it's just for buggies. Â There aren't any buggies in the video, it's just the bridge being overrun with ice and water, but is interesting to see nonetheless. Â Click here to see the buggy bridge.
Cindy/KS
Just catching up & I think I found the correct video, but thought I would let you know the first link links to a buggy in a heavy snow storm, not to the Amish visiting Montecello.