Types and Nature of Dalit Exclusion in Sindh

Practices of cleaning human excreta, scavenging or cleaning manholes, and removing carcasses is not found in Kolhi community. However there are certain sub-castes within Bhil (shirkari bhil) that do scavenging. Meghwar community seems to have greatly abandoned the occupation of skinning animals, however certain sub castes and invidual families continue to indulge in occupations such as shoe-making and lather work. Amongst the tribal-adivasi nomadic tribes, scavenging very common. Whereas the majority of Dalit Christians that used to belong to Chuhra community of Dalits, still continue to be employed as sanitation workers, the occupation which is no less stigmatized as the occupation of Bhangi caste. As the open pit latrines have vanished, so has vanished the occupation of Bhangi in rural Sindh, while the Bhangi (now called as Valmikis in Punjab) are still recognized by their traditional stigmatized occupation.科尔吉（Kolhi）社群中，并无清理人类排泄物、清扫清运或清理沙井、处置动物尸体的职业实践。不过比尔（Bhil）社群内部的部分支系（如公职比尔人shirkari bhil）仍从事清扫类营生。梅格瓦尔（Meghwar）社群已大幅摒弃剥制兽皮的传统职业，但部分支系与个别家族仍延续制鞋与皮革加工类营生。在部落-阿迪瓦西（tribal-adivasi）游牧部落中，清扫清运类营生极为普遍。绝大多数曾隶属于达利特楚赫拉（Chuhra）社群的达利特基督徒（Dalit Christians），至今仍以环卫工（sanitation workers）为业，该职业与班吉（Bhangi）种姓的传统职业一样，饱受社会污名化。随着露天茅厕（open pit latrines）在信德省（Sindh）乡村地区的消失，班吉种姓的传统营生也随之消亡；而旁遮普（Punjab）地区的班吉人（现称瓦尔米基人Valmikis），仍因自身背负污名的传统职业为人所识别。