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Featured Article: Rumspringa

Two Amish girls in traditional attire

Rumspringa, translates from German dialects into English as "jumping or running around." It is a rite of passage during adolescence, used in some Amish communities. The Amish, a sub-sect of the Anabaptist Christian movement, intentionally segregate themselves from other communities as a part of their faith. The rumspringa experience allows teenagers to spend some time to experience life outside their community. It is also a time during which courtship occurs, often leading to the decision to marry. For Amish youth, the Rumspringa normally begins at age 16 and ends when a youth chooses either to be baptized in the Amish church or to leave the community.

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-title=Thomas Eakins|
+title=Rumspringa|
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-image_desc=Self portrait (1902), [[National Academy of Design]], New York.|
+image_desc=Two Amish girls in traditional attire|
-text='''[[Thomas_Eakins|Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins]]''' (July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was a [[Painting|painter]], [[Photography|photographer]], [[Sculpture|sculptor]], and fine arts educator. He was one of the greatest American painters of his time, an innovating [[teacher]], and an uncompromising [[realism |realist]]. He was also the most neglected major painter of his era in the [[United States]].
+text='''Rumspringa''', translates from German dialects into English as "jumping or running around." It is a [[rite of passage]] during [[adolescent|adolescence]],  used in some [[Amish]] communities. The Amish, a sub-sect of the [[Anabaptist]] Christian movement, intentionally segregate themselves from other communities as a part of their faith. The rumspringa experience allows teenagers to spend some time to experience life outside their community. It is also a time during which courtship occurs, often leading to the decision to marry. For Amish youth, the Rumspringa normally begins at age 16 and ends when a youth chooses either to be [[baptism|baptized]] in the Amish church or to leave the community.
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-Eakins works upheld [[values]] of [[sincerity]] and [[truth]], by depicting the subject's [[character]] in its truest form without presumed [[beauty]] and affectation. Indeed, the originality and individuality of his subjects were the expression of his concept of beauty. Such standards put him at odds with other artists of his time, which lends explanation to his ambiguous acceptance as a great American artist. }}