The term is most commonly associated with treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent who were considered "polluting". The term has also been used to refer to other groups, including the "Burakumin" of Japan, the Baekjeong of Korea, and the Ragyabpa of Tibet, as well as the Romani people and Cagot in Europe, and the Al-Akhdam in Yemen Traditionally, the groups characterized as untouchable were those whose occupations and habits of life involved ritually "polluting" activities, such as fishermen, manual scavengers, sweepers and . Untouchables were also practised against those people who ate beef freely, in contrast to the Hindu groups who regarded themselves as the people following higher standards by not eating beef which is considered a sin according to Hinduism since Hinduism forbids the eating of either cow or bull.