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The women of the Holdeman Mennonite community in California wear a cape-dress that has a high neckline, loose bodice and fitted waist. The cape of the dress covers the shoulders and bust. [7] Because of religious reasons, no (or only minor) adornment of the dress is allowed. [7] The plainer the dress, the higher it is valued by some churches.
A mother wearing a kapp. A kapp (/kɒp/, Pennsylvania German from German Kappe meaning cap, cover, hood) is a Christian headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian denominations (especially among Amish, Mennonites, Schwarzenau Brethren and River Brethren of the Old Order Anabaptist and Conservative Anabaptist traditions), as well as certain Conservative Friends and Plain ...
Their beliefs also include an unwritten dress code. This dress code is most noticeable with the women, who wear mid-length dresses and head coverings. [10] Marriage is seen as divinely instituted between one man and one woman for life, for the propagation, purity, and happiness of the human race. It is only permitted between church members.
Communauté Mennonite au Congo (86,600 members) [125] Old Order Mennonites (60,000 to 80,000 members in the U.S., Canada and Belize) Mennonite Church USA (about 62,000 members in the United States) [126] Kanisa La Mennonite Tanzania (50,000 members in 240 congregations) Conservative Mennonites (30,000 members in over 500 U.S. churches) [127]
The women members dress in conservative plain garb that preserves 18th-century Mennonite details at all times, the men members do so at meetings, church gatherings, and other official functions. Regular day wear for the men is modern conservative clothing. The men do not wear beards.
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Ladies shall wear all their hair neatly up, avoiding fashion extremes, covered with a hanging veil, scarf, or traditional Mennonite covering of sufficient size to substantially cover the hair. Hanging veils and scarves must cover at least from the crown of the head to the bottom of the hair bun. [5]
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