Editing Caste (section)

==== Indonesia ====
{{Main|Balinese caste system}}
[[Bali]]nese caste structure has been described as being based either on three categories—the noble triwangsa (thrice born), the middle class of ''dwijāti'' (twice born), and the lower class of ''ekajāti'' (once born), much similar to the traditional Indian [[Varna (Hinduism)|BKVS social stratification]] — or on four castes<ref name="boon">{{cite book |title=The Anthropological Romance of Bali 1597-1972: Dynamic Perspectives in Marriage and Caste, Politics and Religion |first=James |last=Boon |year=1977 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] Archive |isbn=978-0-521-21398-1}}</ref>
*[[Brahmin]]as – [[priest]]
*[[Kshatriya|Satrias]] – [[knight]]hood
*[[Vaishya|Wesias]] – [[commerce]]
*[[Shudra|Sudras]] – [[Involuntary servitude|servitude]]

The Brahmana caste was further subdivided by Dutch ethnographers into two: Siwa and Buda. The Siwa caste was subdivided into five: Kemenuh, Keniten, Mas, Manuba and Petapan. This classification was to accommodate the observed marriage between higher-caste Brahmana men with lower-caste women. The other castes were similarly further sub-classified by 19th-century and early-20th-century ethnographers based on numerous criteria ranging from profession, endogamy or exogamy or polygamy, and a host of other factors in a manner similar to ''castas'' in [[Spanish Empire|Spanish colonies]] such as [[New Spain|Mexico]], and caste system studies in British colonies such as India.<ref name="boon" />