Social Relations of Sweepers in Bangladesh

自1998年以来，我们进行了一项调查，“现代化和国际化对政治结构、社会结构和地方的变化：孟加拉国和日本的案例研究”。我们了解了种姓问题在伊斯兰教社会中的重要性，以及位于印度教社会底层、受到最严重歧视的扫地种姓群体。吉大港有4个印度教扫地殖民地。我们于2000年4月对班德尔清洁工群体的所有家庭进行了问卷调查。在上述研究工作的基础上，我们开始了这项新的研究工作。它由各种类型的调查组成。通过2002年至2005年的调查，我们得到了以下发现：1.吉大港：殖民地的庇护所(住房)只向印度教清洁工提供。穆斯林清扫者不会被吉大港的公民费心地呆在任何地方，但印度教徒已经结束了，因为他们被认为是社会经济阶层中最底层的，他们往往会被社会排除在外。印度教清道者由两个群体组成，一个是北印度人=‘Harijan’，另一个是孟加拉人=‘Bengal Hindu’。达卡：印度教徒和穆斯林分别居住在城市公司的清扫者殖民地。达卡的印度教清道者由两组组成；一组是来自印度北部的移民，与吉大港的移民相同，被称为Harijan；另一组来自印度南部，现在是印度安得拉邦，被称为“Telugue”。每个群体中都有按种姓和宗教划分的种族亚群。最严格的限制是与其他族群通婚。因此，他们分别生活在每个民族的殖民地。

Since 1998, we had conducted a survey, " Change of Political Structure, Social Structure and the locality by Modernization and Internationalization : case studies of Bangladesh and Japan". We came to know about the significance of Caste issue in the Islam society, and the sweeper caste groups located at the bottom of Hindu Society and most severely discriminated.Chittagong has 4 Hindu sweepers colonies. We do the survey with questionnaire of all households of Bandel Sweeper Colony in April 2000.Based on the above previous research work, we started this new research work. It consists of various types of surveys. Through the surveys from 2002 to 2005, we had the following findings;1. Chittagong :Shelters (housing) in Colonies are provided to only Hindu sweepers. Muslim sweepers are not bothered to stay anywhere by citizens of Chittagong, but Hindus are done, because of their being recognized as the lowest in a social economic strata by which they tend to be excluded socially. Hindu sweepers consist of two groups, one for north India origin = 'Harijan' and another for Bengal origin = 'Bengal Hindu'.2. Dhaka :Both Hindus and Muslims live separately in City Corporation's Sweepers Colonies. Hindu sweepers in Dhaka consist of two groups ; one for migrants from north India same as in Chittagong which is called 'Harijan', and another from south India, present Andhra Pradesh, India, which is called 'Telugue'. There are ethnic sub groups in each group by caste and religion. The severest restriction is intermarriage with other ethnic sub groups. So, they live separately in each ethnic group colony.