Castes in India-Indian caste system
Castes in India-Indian caste system
In India, for thousands of years, there were the castes.They say that when Brahma, the creator god, made the first man, his mouth did the priests (Brahmins), their arms warriors (kshatriyas), their thighs farmers, merchants and cattlemen (vaishyias) and your feet, the servers (shudras).
In addition to the main varieties there are more than 2 1000 sub-castes that differ by profession, membership to a particular territory and other factors.
Although discrimination is smaller today, caste separation continues to be very strong when you define the marriages.
Outside the Division of castes are the untouchables, called outcasts. The outcasts could not merge with other varieties or enter their temples until 1950, when such discrimination was prohibited. At present, there are in India outcasts who were elected Governors of States and Ministers.
The outcasts were also called untouchables because people from other castes could not have contact with them, at risk of contamination. This system is a terrible way of contempt and one of the major problems of Hinduism, which has led many to abandon this religion and become, for example, Muslims.
The untouchables lacked place within the higher order of society, including being forced to live outside the boundaries of the villages. Lived precariously, performing menial tasks and comfort, how to work leather or sweeping the excrement of the villages. At present, there are laws in India which prohibit "untouchability".
Left children pariahs in New Delhi, India. The right party of elephants, Rajasthan, India. The differences between varieties in India allow you to see images like these contrasts.
Gandhi was totally contrary to the discrimination that the outcasts were suffering. Said that it was not correct that the religion to justify something as inhumane, very coherent position and according to ahimsa (non-violence), the peaceful coexistence and tolerance, which has always advocated.
Category: Religion History
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