IPENNSYLVANIA & apos; S ILANCASTER KEREKI mayitshekishwe ngeenkomo zobisi ezihlikihla ingca, amadoda aneendevu akhwele iinqwelo ezirhuqwa ngamahashe, kunye nolutsha olufake iibhonethi ngeebhontsi ezithengisa amaqunube ecaleni kweendlela. Eli lilizwe lama-Amish, emva kwayo yonke loo nto.

Kodwa ingingqi yokwenyani yexesha lasehlotyeni kukungaziphathi kakuhle kwezithuthi kwaye abakhenkethi bathontelana kwimigibe enje nge Plain & Fancy Farm Restaurant, ipaki apho ungabukela khona ifilimu kaJacob & apos; s Ukhetho eAmish Experience theatre kwaye ukhwele iinqwelo kunye noJack, ohlaziya i-comologue yamahlaya anokumenza afaneleke ukuba abe njengeCabdriver yesiXeko saseNew York.

Yintoni le iqhubayo? Oku akumeli uhlobo olulungileyo, olunentetho epholileyo yama-Amish, athobekileyo ngummiselo wenkolo kwaye akholelwa ekwahlukaneni kwezentlalo kwihlabathi elikhohlakeleyo. Eli lilizwe elikhohlakeleyo, nelithe lafumanisa ukuba kuninzi okutsalwayo - kwaye liyangeniswa. Kuyavunywa, inani elincinci lama-Amish lenza inzuzo enkulu kakhulu (ezinye iquilters zifumana umvuzo wamanani amathandathu), kodwa iivenkile zezikhumbuzo kunye nemiboniso zizisa amawaka ayifuni ukuba ngumtsalane kumyezo wezilwanyana.

Intengiso ilahlekisa ngandlela ithile. I-Old Order Amish ofuna ukuyibona, abo banxiba iifaskoti, iilokhwe ezinde, izixhaso, neminqwazi yeendiza; hlola iimoto kunye neTV; Ndakhe ndangqina nguHarrison Ford kwaye ndachithwa nguDavid Letterman (phakathi kwe-10 ye-Amish Spring Break Activities: ukhuphiswano lwe-wet-bonnet, ukulala kude kube yi-6 kusasa, ibhotolo ye-churn ihamba ze). Ukanti iLancaster County igcwele ngabakhululekileyo bamaMennonite kunye nabazalwana; Kwaye bahlala behambisa abo banesidlo sangokuhlwa sama-Amish kunye nokukhwela kwinqwelo. Iindwendwe ezininzi azazi ukuba aziboni into abanye babhekisa kuyo njenge 'Amish lite.'

Ke uyifumana njani imbonakalo yokwenyani yeOdolo endala? Ungazenzi i-Amish. Yiba nguAmish. Ngenjikalanga yangoMgqibelo, ukuhamba ngenqanawa usiya ndawoni ndawo — iilokishi zaseBird-In-Hand, eGordonville, eNew Holland, eSmoketown, okanye eIntercourse — jika kwindlela esecaleni, uze ujonge imoto yakho nekhamera. Ukunyuka phezu kweenduli kunye neentsimi zombona. Ukubuyela umva ezinkomeni, ukutshangatshangisa kubantwana abagqitha kwizithuthuthu ezingezizo ezomoto, kunye nokuzonwabisa ngeplum, iipesika, kunye neevatala ezivela kwindawo esecaleni kwendlela.

Ukuhamba, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, sisithethe sokuthandana sama-Amish. 'Siza kuba neqela lethu lesidlo sangokuhlwa [iqela lolutsha], kwaye mna nomhlobo wam siza kuzimela kunye namantombazana amabini,' utshilo uSylvan oneminyaka engama-20. 'Sidibanisa iingalo kwaye sihambahamba, mhlawumbi sincokole ngemozulu. Kodwa ukuba abahlobo bethu bayasifumana, baya kungxola, baqhule, basenze sibe bomvu ebusweni. ' Unokubona umakhulu elanda amaqanda kwisikhukukazi okanye iqela labakwishumi elivisayo lidlala ibhola yeekona ezine — ibaseball-meets-dodgeball. Njengokuba udlula kumatshini womoya, amakhuba atsalwa ngamahashe, kunye neempahla zokunxiba ezinxitywe ziimpahla eziqaqambileyo, uya kuva ulwazelelo loxolo olukhokela aba bantu. (Kwaye ungakhathazeki: akukho mntu uza kuhamba nawe.) Ukuba ukuhamba kubonakala ngathi kuhamba kancinci, ungaluvavanya olunye ulutsha oluthandayo lwama-Amish: Rollerblading.

NDIKHETHE INDLELA YOKUJONGA UBOMI OBUGQIBELELEYO, kunye neqela laseMelika elitshisayo loMoya kunye nohambo lweyure ukusuka eRockvale Square, ngaphandle kwedolophu yaseLancaster. Akukho Apos akukho ndawo iya kuyo; ezo & ampos; phezulu kwimimoya. Abathandathu kuthi babethambeka kangangeemitha eziliqela ngaphezulu komhlaba wefama, sityibilika ngaphezulu kwemithi, saza sawela kumhlaba wombona. Abantwana abane abanamehlo ajikelezayo baphume ngaphandle, benodaka kwaye benganxibanga zihlangu. Emva koko abathathu, kunye nomama wabo bephethe umntwana, iintombi ezimbini zibambe ilokhwe yakhe, kunye nomalusi wosapho waseJamani. Sincokole malunga nokuba kuthanda ukubhabha xa umqhubi wenqwelomoya kunye nomlingane wakhe begxalathelana ukukhupha ibhaluni kwisityalo sabo. 'Sikhangeleka njani xa sivela phezulu?' enye inkwenkwe yayifuna ukwazi. 'Ukusuka apho phezulu, utshilo umama wakhe,' sonke sijonga ngokufanayo. '

Akukho ndlela ngqo yokuba umhambi ahlangane noAmish. Uninzi lunentloni kodwa luchubekile. Ukuba wenza umbuliso, uya kubuyiselwa; buza umbuzo kwaye ubaxelele ngawe, kwaye ungaqala incoko, ngakumbi ukuba akukho mntu ubukeleyo. Uninzi lwama-Amish lunomdla ngawe, nawe.

Kutyelelo lwam lwesithathu kule ndawo, ndadibana noJohn, wandimemela kusapho lwakhe kunye nesidlo sangokuhlwa esikhulu senkukhu egcadiweyo, iitapile ezicujiweyo, i-broccoli, iminqathe kunye neebhatata. Emva kwemithandazo, besithetha ngayo yonke into ukusuka kwiiPhillies ukuya kwi-Empire State Building nakwishishini labo lokwenza iitafile. Abanini beendawo ezininzi zokulala nezakusasa, ezinjengoJim Kent noStuart noHermine Smith, abaqhuba i-Churchtown Inn, kufutshane naseNarvon, banobuhlobo obude amashumi eminyaka kunye neentsapho zama-Amish kwaye banokumisela izidlo ezingekho sikweni kwiindwendwe zabo.

Iintaka zakuqala ziya kufumanisa ukuba ukukhanya kwaseLancaster kuhle-kwaye kunika ithuba lokudibana nabantu abasebenza emasimini okanye ezivenkileni zabo ngelixa uninzi lwabakhenkethi lulele. Ngenye intsasa ndabaleka ndaya kuAbner, incwadana yokubopha incwadi emalunga nama-70, owathi & ampos undixelele ngama-Amish 'kuphela ukuba uza kwabelana ngokundixelela ngelifa lakho lobuJuda.' Ndaye ndadibana noMary Ann, ibhinqa elineminyaka engama-28 ubudala elalikholwa kodwa lizimisele, nelaligxothwe ebandleni. 'Khange ndiyipose ikapa yam ngendlela abafuna ngayo,' ucacisile. Kwaye bathi ilokhwe yam, i-intshi ezimbalwa edolweni lam, yayimfutshane kakhulu. Wanikwa ithuba lokuxolisa esidlangalaleni kwaye akavuma.

NgoMgqibelo ngentsimbi yesi-8 emva kwemini, ulutsha lwama-Amish luqokelelene kwi-Getty Mart ngaphesheya kweHayloft Candle Shop e-Intercourse, ukuthatha ikhefu kubungcwele. NgeeIroc-Z kunye neeapos zabo zimiswe ecaleni kweenqwelo, batyhafile phambi kwevenkile, batshaya iiKamela, badibanisa iinwele zabo, bathabatha intshungama, basela iPepsi nditsho nebhiya. Abanye banxiba iijini neeReeboks; ezinye zinxibe ngokwesiko.

NgeCawa, akumangalisi ukuba zonke iivenkile zama-Amish zivaliwe; Oko kuyenza ibe lusuku oluhle lokujonga iLancaster County. Jonga umboniso weGast Classic Motorcar eStrasburg, ebonisa u-Edsel Citation ka-1958, mhlawumbi ukusikhumbuza ukuba inqwelomoya inokuba yindlela yokuhamba. Ekuqaleni kwee-1800 kunye neeapos, i-Lancaster County yavelisa iipesenti ezisixhenxe zayo yonke ibhiya yaseMelika. Kwinkulungwane kamva, uH. L. Mencken wafunga ngeRieker Star, uphawu lwasekhaya olwakhutshelwa ngaphandle kweshishini nguThintelo. Ibhiya elungileyo isafumaneka eLancaster Malt Brewing Co.Le ndawo ikwalikhaya leewine. KwiNissley Vineyards, ungathatha uhambo olukhokelwa nguwe kwaye ungcamle iindawo zokuhlala ezincinci zalapha ekhaya, ezinje ngeChambourcin & apos; 95-hayi ukubheja okungalunganga. Amaqela amakhulu adlala apha ngoJulayi nango-Agasti.

Kutyelelo lwam lokugqibela eLancaster, ndabaleka ndaya kuMichael, oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala owenza ikiriva, enxibe ihempe emfusa, oomisi abamnyama, nomnqwazi womququ. Sathetha ngeekhompyuter, ezingavumelekanga kuluntu lwama-Amish. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngamanye amaxesha siyakufuna oko unayo. Ukuba ndilingwa ngawuphi na umcimbi, ibiya kuba yikhompyuter, yokundinceda ndenze i-spreadsheets zeshishini lam. Kodwa yiloo nto & ampos; into ekufuneka uyiqonde malunga noluntu. Ndingarhalela ukuba nekhompyuter kwaye omnye umntu afune imoto kwaye omnye umntu angafuni ukuthwala umnqwazi, utshilo. Kodwa kufanelekile ukuzincama ekuhambeni kwexesha. Yile & ampos; into ethethwa li-Amish. '

UMICHAEL GOLDSTEIN ubhalela Vogue , Inew York , kwaye i Iphephancwadi iLos Angeles Times . Uhlala eCambridge, eMassachusetts.

I-Lancaster County, ekwabizwa ngokuba lilizwe lama-Amish, ejikeleza amazantsi embindi wePennsylvania, imizuzu engama-90 entshona yePhiladelphia. Ubundlobongela buyahamba: Buza ngaphambi kokuthatha imifanekiso ye-Amish.

IIHOTELE
IAdamstown Inn 62 W. Main St, eAdamstown; 800 / 594-4808 okanye 717/484-0800; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 70, kubandakanya isidlo sakusasa. Imizuzu engama-20 ukuqhuba ukusuka kwilizwe lama-Amish, kodwa le B & B yama-Victorian ikufutshane nelizwe kunye ne-apos;
Intaka isesandleni soSapho Rte. 340, Intaka-Esandleni; Ngama-800 / 537-2535; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 50. Uya kuba entliziyweni yelizwe lama-Amish, kufutshane namafama & apos; Imarike, iivenkile ezithengisa izindlu, kunye neengcibi (umsebenzi wokhuni, iiguggies) kule ndawo inamagumbi alikhulu.
IChurchtown Inn 2100 Main St, eChurchtown; 717 / 445-7794; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 80. Ngo-1735 uVictorian wase-Fieldstone ogqitywe nge-china yase-Bavaria eneminyaka engama-90, kunye ne-poster ezine, i-canopy, kunye neebhedi zase-Victorian ezixhaswe kakhulu.
IKing & Apos; s Indlwana Ngo-1049 E. King St., Lancaster; 800 / 397-1017 okanye 717 / 397-1017; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi-90 yeedola, indlu yenqwelomoya isuka kwi- $ 160. Jonga indlu entsha enegumbi elinye, ebekwe emva kwendlu yaseSpain yowe-1913.

ZOKUGQIBELA
Irestyu yeFama yaseStoltzfus 3716A E.Newport Rd., Gordonville; 717 / 768-8156; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezimbini. I-starch-and-cholesterol fiesta yohlobo losapho lokupheka i-Amish: inkukhu ethosiweyo, isoseji eyenziwe ekhaya, ii-noodle ezinamafutha, ibhotolo yeapile, ulonwabo olufunxiweyo.
Indawo yokutyela yeCabin Cabin Ihlathi le-11 Lehoy uGqirha, Leola; 717 / 626-1181; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezingama-70. Uluhlu lwe-steak kunye noluhlu lwewayini olufanelekileyo, intloko kule spakeasy yangaphambili efihliweyo ehlathini.
Amaxabiso awabandakanyi iziselo, irhafu, okanye incam.

Umtsalane
I-Lancaster Malt Brewing Co. 302 N. Plum St., Lancaster; 717 / 391-6258.
Iqela laseMelika elishushu laseBhaluni 800 / 763-5987 okanye 610 / 469-0782; Iinqwelomoya ezihamba iiyure eziyi- $ 139 kumntu ngamnye.
Izidiliya zaseNissley I-140 yeediliya uGqirha, Bainbridge; 717 / 426-3514.