Mennonites in Belize

    Dressers, cupboards, beds, shutters, doors, cribs, tables and much more. Furniture made by Old Colony and Old Order Mennonites is much sought after by many in Belize due to their quality-vs-price competetiveness. The modern colonies of Spanish Lookout and Blue Creek are no longer into furniture-making as a prosperous business due to the over-whelming and rather fierce competition by the Mestizos in the villages surrounding them. Many appliance stores, hotels and resorts throughout Belize keep their own full-time carpenters rather than continually purchasing furniture. Even then, wooden items built in Shipyard and Little Belize are prized because of their durability and craftmanship at lower prices than most non-Mennonite carpenters. From what someone told me, partly why they can maintain a lower cost is because they spend very little on personal items. A lot of their food is grown or made at home, clothing is made at home from a standard cut, no high-end personal ...

 Interestingly, my most viewed subjects are the headcovering and the Holdeman Mennonites. Third on the list is the subject of the Old Colony Mennonites. At the moment I'm working on articles that briefly describe the history of each Mennonite group in Belize. Old Colony, Kleine Gemeinde, Beachy, etc. Because all the articles online mention only the Plautdietsch   Mennonites, I thought it would be fair to do a brief summary on the history of each group, mainly their arrival in Belize and what distinguishes each group.