A thread that shows the membership to higher castes or the lack of. WARNER: They patted his shoulders to see if he was wearing a white thread that only Brahm

A thread that shows the membership to higher castes or the lack of. WARNER: They patted his shoulders to see if he was wearing a white thread that only Brahmins wear. CORNELIUS: So with you not even knowing, they will try to pat your shoulder and try to see - the finding this thread. WARNER: Was he a Brahmin like them? CORNELIUS: In other ways, they will call you for a swim, you know? Hey. Let's go for a swim - because everybody takes their shirt off. And all they know who are wearing threads, who are not. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/915299467 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/915299467 Hinduism is divided into four societies, Brahmins- the highest, Kshatriya- The nobles and warriors, Vaishyas- The traders, Shudras- Traditionally artisans and labourers also untouchables. The first three Varnas (as were called) had the rights to pursue Veda, where as the forth were considered very low and weren’t even allowed to enter temple. https://ubb01.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/why-that-thread-around-brahmins/ https://ubb01.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/why-that-thread-aroun...