The Refuge Tree. When a mother black bear leads her cubs away from a den, her usual destination is a big tree where the cubs can take refuge from danger. Around Ely, that tree is typically a white pine over 21 inches in diameter.
caste. 1. (noun) A stratified system of categorization based on a status conferred at birth (ascribed status) due to an personâs descent in which individuals do not have mobility due to custom or law. Example: JÄti in India. 2. (noun) A group and the individual members of a group within a caste.
Today, the term caste is used to describe stratified societies based on hereditary groups not only in South Asia but throughout the world. Although born into the Kshatriya caste, Mahatma Gandhi spent much of his life working to bring the Untouchables equality.f a Hindu person were asked to explain the nature of the caste system, he or she might start to tell the story of Brahma â the four-headed, four-handed deity worshipped as the creator of the universe.