The Real Reason Why Amish Don't Have Mustaches
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- In this enlightening video, we explore the intriguing question: "Why don't Amish men have mustaches?" Join us as we delve into the fascinating traditions and cultural practices of the Amish community, particularly their choice to shave off their mustaches.
✅ Discover the historical and religious reasons behind this unique grooming practice.
✅ Uncover the significance of facial hair within the Amish culture, and how it plays a role in personal identity and community bonds.
✅ Gain insight into the values, beliefs, and lifestyle that shape Amish decisions regarding facial hair expression.
✅ Explore the symbolism behind their clean-shaven faces and the impact it has on their daily lives.
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From what I know of the Amish, I support them. They're not hurting anyone, they leave everyone else alone and they're true to their faith. Good enough for me.
Sounds like someone skipped rumspringa
Not really. They say they don't use electricity. But if they run a business they use electricity. If they are doing a construction job they won't use electricity, but will have some "English" man use a tool with electricity. It's like they are trying to get off on a technicality with their beliefs.
There's an Amish and Mennonite community in my home town (Sarasota) in Florida. They're mostly great neighbors. They ride bikes or walk to the bus stops and they go everywhere on the busses.
Some groups are stricter than others. Some will use a truck to deliver stuff or for work, and they'll use power tools on a job. But at home they don't have electricity in a lot of their homes up north. I don't remember hearing about any that didn't have electricity in FL in the house. Maybe there are some. I think the really strict ones don't go to FL. A lot of them are "snow birds", they come for the winter and leave for the summer. So perhaps the hardcore no electricity types don't come to FL, I don't know about that.
What I do know is that the young ladies usually have modern clothes and they are happy to leave the house in their conservative clothing and change clothes to go party. I have stories but they're not appropriate here.
My point is that in my experience the Amish/Mennonite community doesn't bother anyone outside of their community and I have never had an issue with them. They're hard working and strong and not typically lazy. I've heard lots of stuff about their problems inside their community, but those are their issues that they don't let affect us.
@comfortablynumb9342 I love the Sarasota community. My wife and I will be down there next year.
A lot if Sarasota Amish are just snow birds or vacation residents. So a lot of the rental homes have electricity. It was by my understanding that Amish first only went there for vacation before starting up permanent residency. When they did, they agreed to a new way of life. They adapted to the state and local laws which prohibits them to live their normal way. But come on, Amish in Florida? Of course they could make some sacrifices.
@@TheAmishWay I saw Amish people in Belize and they had a cart with horses. But when I lived in the mountains of southern Costa Rica I knew some Amish people who had milk cows and they sold cheese. They have a box truck. I was always curious about how their homes are. They can live down there without lights if they want. I spoke with the couple who delivered the cheese and milk. She was white and I think she spoke English too. We always spoke Spanish together. The man was a local guy. It was always a pleasure to see them and buy some fresh cheese from the source. It's another group of Amish folks I can't say anything bad about. They do their thing and don't push it, unlike the Jehovah's witnesses and evangelical types that piss me off.
You only have it half right. General Tilly commanded the Catholic League forces during the Thirty Years War. General Tilly slaughtered these mild people for being "heritics" and breaking away from the Catholic Church. General Tilly wore a big mustache. For that reason, the Amish swore they would never display a mustache.
Read what the Catholic Church did to the Anabaptists in the book
Martyrs mirror written in 1660
Anyone with any sense and knowledge of history should wonder why that club has not been abolished. It will be abolished with the second coming of Christ!
Thousands of Anabaptist, who are today the Mennonites, Amish and Hutterites. Were murdered and tortured by the Catholic Church! I was raised Methodist. My father’s family were Catholics and I joined the Mennonites at age 65.
I think the Amish have one of the best and most sustainable lifestyles at this point. They are unaffected and self-sufficient. I have nothing but admiration and respect.
Facts.
Because the women have the mustaches! 😁😁🤣🤣😂😂
Makes sense!!!
😂😂😂
You’re a legend that is great stuff
Oh, you...😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wont catch me without the Ole Womb Broom, for dusting away the cobwebs.😅
The Amish and Mennonites I have known as neighbors are almost universally the best neighbors anyone could want. There are a few exceptions (there always are in any group, right?), but they're really good people overall.
Why would I give you a thumbs up before watching? That's not how it goes.
Wait, I gave your comment a thumbs up before I read it. I'm so confused.
I find various religions fixation on hair just another example of silliness.
I think a lot of that can be found in the old testament where everything was "work base".
Well, everybody gets to do what they want, no more silly than guys like you believing a woman can have a penis 😂
Fairly positive that none of them care what you find silly. After all, they’re asking neither your guidance, permission, or even input to pursue what they do.
@thatboybear, Thank you, well said. I am nondenominational Christian. I do not judge others, including nonbelievers.
@@thatboybear And I don't give a sh*t about what you say. Feel free to be as foolish and ignorant as you want.
I like the Amish. May they live long in peace.
And they prosper
Ever tried getting sheep wool out of a mustache?
This must happen to you a lot then😂
Only once
Savage.
It's really because the mustache tickles the cow's udder and curdles the milk.
I thought the mustaches tickle their daughters.
Udderly hysterical
In the book Mennonite Attire through Four Centuries by Melvin Gingerich. Melvin wrote that he could find NO EVIDENCE that the Amish didn't wear mustaches because of the military
It is just a theory. I wish we could find out. I would have to check out that book for myself, thanks.
She said it tickels her thighs !!
Less than a beard does?
@@thatboybearthe beard is out of the way of the important bit.
The Amish are great, kind, and very intelligent people . They are self sufficient and they bother no one. Everyone needs to follow their example.
Not allowing a mustache is one of their rules. Everyone is supposed to look the same, act the same, and think the same. They are brainwashed at a young age to believe that to do otherwise is a sin.
The Stepford Amish. Yes.
All religious folk are brainwashed at a young age to believe all kinds of things are sins.
Hardly. All of them participate in a ritual to go out into the English world and decide whether to return, or not.
So you're saying they're Republicans?
Yep, from what I know about the Amish, brainwashed seems like the perfect word for them.
But that doesn't change the fact that they are Amazing house builders.
They build houses that last for centuries.
I love how TH-cam removes every comment I make, even something saying leave the Amish and Mennonites alone.
Same!
Yes, my comments are constantly pulled. Drives me crazy.
At least they left this one up, eh?
You, sir, must be a patriot. Welcome to the club. Your opinion is not allowed in society bc it's built upon lies, and the truth destroys lies.
Not that your names have anything to do with it lol
Why don’t outsiders just mind their own business and let them lead their lives however they want? They know more about the Bible and wholesomeness than the average idiot in today’s society. People nowadays just need to learn to mind their own business instead of worrying about everyone else’s.
All due respect to the Ams, that "look" just kinda creeps me out (gotta have the 'stash lol🧔
Ams? WTF? 🤣
Same.
The Amish style accents the face rather than conceals it. It looks good.
I can remember an episode of code name KND, where number 2 had to live in an Amish sector. Kids were literally wearing brushes under their chins to mimic beards.
A Cartoon Network Throwback. 👏 I never got too into that show but I don't remember that episode, but I might look it up tonight. 😅
Well to me, a beard and mustache is a symbol of manhood and humility. If I was Amish, I'll still grow a full beard, I ain't shaving my mustache, no way!!
No offense to the Amish.
Same here I can go along with a mustache without a beard but a beard without a mustache looks a little off to me but to each it's own no offense to the Amish
If i am ever elected king of the Amish i will bring back the moustache!😂
🤣
“It’s good to be the King”
I like the Amish, they live around my friends house upstate NY, i actually took a deer to get it processed to one of their houses. Nice people, good people with character, no lies and bullshit.. I wish i could live like them, the simplicity, it is just not possible obviously. One funny thing i seen few months ago in different part of NY by pulaski where i go salmon fishing... i am driving down town in pulaski and i see this carriage with horse going opposite direction, there is a young chubby amish man eating french fries and burger from mcdonalds 😂😂😂 you had to see this, i am still laughing... they also love junk food
I bet!🍧🍔🍟
I should hope the reason is: cleanliness. Blech!
The real reason is they don’t want their wife to ask them for a mustache ride
Whoa!
Their wives ask ? 😂
And mustache rides lead to dancing
@@dabsafe and dancing is the path to the dark side
An Amish man told me one time that they don't grow beards until they are married. He said after they get married they never shave it. From what i have saw it does seem to be the case so i think it's more to show a man is taken. As for the mustache i have no clue. I always sort of figured that maybe they consider them unclean in that food gets on them and they would catch and hold things near the mouth but it's just my guess. I have a full beard myself and a mustache can be annoying when it comes to gravy, fried egg yolk, drinks and so on. lol
It has something to do with the whisker-biscuit .
According to Amish (and Mennonites) I've known and spoken with, it has to do with how military officers back in the day almost always wore a big 'stache, partly as a symbol of their rank, and sometimes by military mandate. Being pacifists, they consider a mustache to be a symbol of aggression/militance, which is not compatible with their pacifist beliefs.
I'm black and that's exactly how I sport my facial hair for over 30 years!!!
So, what happens when you are the type of person who can't grow a beard, some men can't. I mean...if a partial beard means church relation and a full beard means married, what do these other people do to prove such things?
That was a question I asked when I was Amish and the truth is, if you can't grow one, they won't penalize you or look down on you. There were actually 2 people in my church that were of the same family that couldn't grow much of anything. It looked as thick as a 5 o' clock shadow, but they were not looked differently upon.
Ok thanks.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
There are Amish in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan just north of Engadine. So yes, there are Yooper Amish.
Without a 'tash, it makes muff diving more pleasurable for the recipient - or so I'm told.😂
The sacred face sitting ritual
ok but how does the beard know when the guy gets married?
Interesting. If I recall there's a similar reason why early Muslims also did this: they wanted to be distinct from the old Persians who culturally favored moustaches.
I dated a guy who had a nice beard, but couldn’t grow a mustache, and another guy who had a fabulous mustache, but couldn’t grow a full beard. I’ve sometimes wondered if that was why Mennonite (and Amish) men don’t grow mustaches.
Wow..... there's anti Amish
I, at one time, grew beard and shaved mustache, the reason.......I really sucked at trimming mustache, but I figured it out and now have mustache and shave beard
Adult Amish men also have unflattering bowl hair cuts. I wonder what the background for that is.
0:10 why would I do that? I haven't even watched the video yet.
I better wait until I can grow a beard before I just an Amish community 😂
When I was in Lancaster a few years ago, I did an Amish tour, and they said the reason the men did not have a mustache was the protest Hitler because so many Mennonites and Amish were placed in concentration camps during the Holocaust. Men there do not start to grow a beard until they are married and if they do not marry, they do not grow a beard.
They get in the way when they're loving chickens.
Dude i got this..not Amish but share many deep values especially work ethic. I'm profession brass musician. The cookie brush had to go. It was getting in the way of my living.
I never shave
Where is the r in that word.
No Flavor Saver 😅😅😅
It’s actually once they are married that an Amish man grows his beard. Fun fact!
When Amish husband's "fancy their ladies," they don't want dingleberries beneath their nose, so . . .
@1:42 isn’t that the leader of that beard cutting group and was sent to prison?
He has been released during Covid unfortunately.
Sure looks like him. His picture was all over the local and work 'll,d news
Mullets. 🤣
When beards are untrimmed, and "scruffy", they're awful.
Congrats. You’re entitled to your own opinion!
I'm lucky not to be Amish because I can't grow a good beard 😂.
There's a big Amish and Mennonite community in my home town in Florida. It's close to my old neighborhood. I grew up seeing them and going to school with their kids. I don't have anything negative to say about my experience with them. And the young ladies are happy to dress up in modern clothes and party for a little while, then go back. I have stories..
Some flavors don’t need saved.
Cos when your weird, may as well go all out😂😂😂😂
you could have just said that you don't know why, but i guess that would be much less click baity.
It's also called a chin curtain.
Because they're kind of fanatic nuts.
Question: If an Amish woman dies and leaves her husband a grieving widow, does he shave off that long beard as a sign of mourning?
No, there becomes an age (in my community) where it's acceptable to grow your beard regardless of if you're married or not. Usually it's around the age of 50.
When a married man loses his wife, he will still keep his beard. He will then be allowed to re marry if he chooses.
@@TheAmishWay "allowed". PASS. I will not do as man says, I will do as GOD says, and the LORD says you can remarry after the death of a spouse.
@@42lookc I’m a female, widowed at 46, and my husband was 53. If I were the male, I guess that means I wouldn’t shave my beard because I’d be approaching 50. But for me, that was 15 years ago, and I certainly haven’t yet met anyone who isn’t divorced, mean and angry, or just plain CRAZY. Oddly enough, my brother-in-law also lost his wife a few years ago, but we’re not attracted to one another because we’re more like siblings, and besides, there’s NO SUBSTITUTE for our spouses. Life will NEVER AGAIN be as good for either of us 😢 Looking for the Kingdom of Adonai.
@@cl5080 My wife was married for 38 years. She tended to her husband until his last breath with the cancer that consumed the last year and a half of his life. We have been married almost 8 years now, and she has said this time is even better.
@@42lookc May the L-rd bless you both with many more years of togetherness and love ❤️
Also, This is Sparta! They have a different option about that culture.
They don’t enjoy saving a flavor that they have every night!
1:00 May as well keep shaving and just by a strap-on beard. Less maintenance.
I see they have no problem with nose hair!
Anybody who resists military conscription can't be all bad
That man is shaving way too fast 😳
The smell of fish
Aye English! We grow the beard😂😅😂
I like my religion best because , It's Mustaches, Optional.
Not the answer i was expecting so tradition.
“Theory” and “real reason” are contextually contradictory. One’s a supposition, the other a fact, and you can see how the two are dissimilar.
Bred a bit close, though, no?
So they can hauk tua on that thing you feel me
Guess what? They won't have their pictures taken either.
Cause they don't eat soup ?
I don't want to have the Stash Funk Lip...
Nothing looks sadder than a mustacheless beard. It is just sad, whether Amish or Muslim.
Why? Simple, no Mustache, no requests for Mustache rides.
I asked an Amish why they did t have a mustache. He said because it does say Jesus had a mustache. I thought that was kinda odd concerning jewish culture they had mustaches with their beards. I'm guessing he didn't even know.
Most times, Amish will say "It's always been that way" . That's their way of saying they don't know and it's best not to question.
because when they get to a certain length, thats still quite short, theres always ONE hair that insists on tickling your nose incessantly.
everytime you eat you start "filter feeding".
easier just to hack the stupid whiskers off altogether, i say!
🙄 following tradition without question.
and? it suits them. theyre happy, have their place, their role, a task in their society. a place to be, a sense of belonging and security.
maybe its you that needs more tradition and deep down, are insecure, ashamed, and scared of your sheer lack of purpose, and are sort of JEALOUS that their system works for them? working that 9 to 5 in a place you dont like with people you dont like doing something you dont like so you can live in a box you dont like and then can go "party" and "socialise" in an attempt to forget that your life is meaningless and empty?
where they are surrounded by friends, family, and any task is everyones task... when was the last time you sang as you worked?
@@paradiselost9946 I’m not criticising the Amish. I’m critical of the mentality of following tradition without question. If a belief, practice or government is worthy of following it should be robust enough to stand up to question.
Look at those in authority that punish criticism or self evaluation.
@@paradiselost9946 😄 I just saw your full comment.
I am self employed, living a happy working life designing and constructing native gardens in Australia. I take my dog to work everyday. I don’t sing because the gardens I make are full of birds that do the singing for me.
I think you may have misjudged me and misinterpreted my comment.
Don’t worry about it. ☮️
Look and dress the same, for in vanity there is shame. Just made that up 🤗
The women gave moustaches
Because they tend to tickle the nose.
Amish and Islam- the communities where mustache free beard is common
Perhaps I don’t like the flavour saver
😆 I have a mustache because in the winter my nose runs so it slows it down so my tongue can keep up😆😆😆😵😵😵😵
All the hipsters who want the long beard look--take note! If you really want to look like you're from the 1800s---go mustache-less with your beard! Like Abe Lincoln!
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The beard with no mustache..some... bullshit
The moustache is the most annoying part of the whole beard. That’s why I get rid of it. P.S. not Amish
Jesus Christ had a mustache and beard.
Maybe
@@elizabethtermarsch5328 given that it was the tail end of the bronze age, and the sharpest (and cheapest!) blade one could have was a knapped rock... more than likely!
*grins like the joker* "i cut myself shaving..."
so does santa claus
And wasn't Amish, so, who cares?
And yo point is? . . .
They have way more issues than that
Indeed! Terrible what’s happening to them!!!
Those men are MENNONITES NOT AMISH!!! The Amish DO NOT ALLOW identifiable photographs (graven images) of themselves!!! We here in NE Okra-Homer (Tussa) have LARGE Mennonite community near us in the Collinsville/Pryor area and a FEW Amish. 40 years ago, I helped with a barn raising and an Amish "honeymoon" house (five bedrooms!). The REAL Amish speak their own dialect of German. They LOVE GOD and are kind to people who don't mock them or find them "quaint". I felt honored when they invited me to their church and Sunday dinner.
Sparta did not allow mustaches.
If you really think about this man made rule, it's pertty retared."You may have a beard, but no mustache!"🤔Having a mustache has nothing to do with morality.
The neck beard.
I thought it was because he is a grease ball
If they allowed men to have mustaches then nobody would be able to tell the men from the women!!
It. Gets in the mouths
Because that's a no no in the Amish cult.....
They just do it because their wife doesn't like all of that hair in their face