wat is the difference between tribe and caste??

Answer 1

Caste is religious.

Class is economic.

Tribe is organizational.

Answer 2

A tribe normally means a group of people who have common genetics although occasionally people may be adopted into a tribe although they lack the similar characteristics. Native Americans are the best example of this, e.g. Apache, Hopi, Cherokee, Seminole. The aborigines of Australia also have distinct tribes. (I have a brother who although born in England has been adopted into a tribe as an honorary uncle)

Caste refers to one's status in society. Originally, it came from India, where, since time immemorial, people had been divided into groups that had or lacked certain privileges. For example, Brahmins were the educated elite (and that word is often used to describe those in Western society who are considered to be both highly intelligent as well as affluent.)

Lower on the scale were artisans and laborers of different kinds.

At the very bottom were the "untouchables" who were forbidden to be educated and were condemned to do the filthiest jobs, such as cleaning lavatories, butchering carcasses and burying the dead. Other castes were forbidden even to touch them and they could not marry anyone not in the same caste. This condemned the untouchables to remain forever at the bottom of society without any hope of improving their lot in life.

Although the caste system was officially abolished in India many years ago, it still maintains a hold in many areas. Consequently, smart people of lower castes send their children abroad to be educated where they often remain and take citizenship in those countries, Britain, Canada and the USA being the most favoured, Once established, the new citizens are able to bring their families to a new life in a society where caste does not exist.

This perhaps is one of the greatest benefits of colonialism!

And the countries to which those people have emigrated have definitely benefited from the talent that would otherwise have been wasted.

Answer 3

A tribe is a group of people - like an extended family,
Caste is like the levels in the family - Father, Mother, Siblings and Grandchildren could all be seen as simular to a Caste - the levels in society, each with roles to play

Answer 4

A tribe is a group of related individuals with a common heritage and outlook, usually sharing hte same commonalities as regards religion and morality.

Caste on hte other hand has to do with social standing and one's place within society. As an example, Hindu society traditionally had four distinct castes, with the 'out-castes' (untouchables) being regarded as not being worthy enough to be in even the lowest caste.

Answer 5

tribe
1. A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent.
2. A political, ethnic, or ancestral division of ancient states and cultures, especially:
a. Any of the three divisions of the ancient Romans, namely, the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan.
b. Any of the 12 divisions of ancient Israel.
c. A phyle of ancient Greece.
3. A group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit: a tribe of graduate students.
4. Informal A large family.
5. Biology A taxonomic category placed between a subfamily and a genus or between a suborder and a family and usually containing several genera.

caste
1. Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.
2. A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.
3.
a. A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.
b. The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes: lose caste by doing work beneath one's station.
4. A specialized level in a colony of social insects, such as ants, in which the members, such as workers or soldiers, carry out a specific function

Answer 6

Caste means from which class or position in society you are from. Tribe indicates your ethnic group. You could be of a particular class within a tribe.

Answer 7

A tribe is a group or community that you belong to. A caste is the class you belong to within a society (ie Hindu Brahmins or untouchables or English upper/working classes).

Answer 8

Tribes are indigenous peoples whereas the caste is a system of social standing.

Answer 9

caste is a level of society like class in the U.K.. tribe is much more like an extended family, grouped with a few other extended families, much like Scottish Clans.