Amish and Rumspringa tradition

Rum-Springa Break! Amish teenagers filmed going wild in Britain - clubbing, swimming at the beach and partying with a rock band | Mail Online

After being made to work the land from the age of three, you can't blame these young teenagers for enjoying a bit of time off.

Five Amish youngsters have been filmed leaving their sheltered community in the U.S. for the first time to spend four weeks in Britain.

The teenagers were in Britain as part of an Amish tradition called rumspringa - meaning 'running around' - in which they are given the chance to see the wider world for a year before being baptised into the church when they turn 16.

This enables them to do things which are usually forbidden, such as wearing non-traditional clothing, using electricity, driving cars, watching television and even drinking and smoking with people from outside their community.

Cameras followed the group praying with their families before they left, travelling on a plane for the first time, seeing the bright lights of London - the first capital city they had ever been to - and heading to the beach with a rock band.