Everything a Hutterite member or family needs is distributed from within the colony. Televisions and radios are not allowed. Like the Amish, Hutterites also dress in a plain and humble manner. Men usually wear black garb and a hat, and once married, are expected to grow beards. Women wear patterned dresses in subdued colors and are required to wear scarves in public to symbolise a woman in prayer.
All clothing is sewn by the colony seamstresses.
Members gather for a short church service daily and a 1-2 hour service on Sundays. Unmarried members visit other Hutterite colonies to find a mate, but marriages may not take place until the couple has been baptised. Once married the couple resides at the groom s colony. The children are taught at an early age to conform to communal living through sharing, cooperation and respect for one another. All instruction is oral and conducted in German using religious verse and song.