![]() ![]() Therefore, they were not treated like the savarnas ( Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras). Īccording to the religious Hindu text, untouchables were not considered a part of the varna system. manual scavengers, sweepers and washermen). fishermen) or engaging in common contact with others' feces or sweat (e.g. The term has also been used to refer to other groups, including the Burakumin of Japan, the Baekjeong of Korea, and the Ragyabpa of Tibet, as well as the Romani people and Cagot in Europe, and the Al-Akhdam in Yemen Traditionally, the groups characterized as untouchable were those whose occupations and habits of life involved ritually "polluting" activities, such as pursuing a career based on killing (e.g. ![]() The term is most commonly associated with treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent who were considered "polluting". Although comparable forms of discrimination are found all over the world, untouchability involving the caste system is largely unique to South Asia. Untouchability is a form of social institution that legitimises and enforces practices that are discriminatory, humiliating, exclusionary and exploitative against people belonging to certain social groups. ![]()
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