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THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE
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REVES
A sect of Khandesh Gujar Kunbis known as Reves who are chiefly
found in Savda, Raver and Shahada abstain from drink and meat and worship 23 goddesses of whom the chief is Jawalamukhi. They observe three great religious ceremonies. The first is held on the 8th day of Chaitra when seven rows of grain cakes, 25 in each row, are laid before their goddess, the last year's cocoanut is taken away and a fresh one put in its place. The second rite is on the 15th of Shravan, when grain, pulses and rice are cooked together and offered to the goddess; the third is held on the 15th of Magh and in addition to the worship of the goddess there is held a ceremony known as rohan. In this ceremony the younger members of each family carrying two cocoanuts apiece, meet at the house of their head. These cocoanuts are duly worshipped at the headman's house and after dinner are carried to their different houses.
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