“…Many of the Gamo cultural characteristics described above are similar to those associated with caste systems described in South Asia and other parts of Africa (Dumont, 1970;Hocart, 1950;Leach, 1960;Sterner and David, 1991;Tamari, 1991;Tuden and Plotnicov, 1970). Although Freeman (2001, p. 187) refers to the Gamo artisans as marginalized minorities, many other researchers acknowledge the Gamo artisans as members of caste-like groups (Abélès, 1981;Arthur, 2002Arthur, , 2003Arthur, , 2006Bureau, 1975, p. 38;Cartledge, 1995;Levine, 1974, p. 39;Lewis, 1962Lewis, , 1974.…”