05-31-2006, 07:59 AM
Moving onto kerala
Until recently, Nairs were classified as Shudras
In kerala, which had a matrilineal system, in many castes, many women had serial husbands and in many cases these husbands were Nambudiri brahmins
What this meant is that thanks to cross breeding for 1000 years , all the castes between Nair and Nambudiri - look like nambudiris and it is not so easy to incite anti-brahminism in kerala
Until recently, Nairs were classified as Shudras
In kerala, which had a matrilineal system, in many castes, many women had serial husbands and in many cases these husbands were Nambudiri brahmins
What this meant is that thanks to cross breeding for 1000 years , all the castes between Nair and Nambudiri - look like nambudiris and it is not so easy to incite anti-brahminism in kerala