Kharvi
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Kharvi and Gabit are fishermen and boatman communities found in Goa
and the rest of the Konkan
.They speak the Konkani language
. They were once employed in the navy of Shivaji.
Today the fishing is still the main occupation.Many of them were converted by the Portuguese,and the baptized Kharvis fall under the Sudir category of Goan Roman Catholics.All of them are non-vegetarian but abstain from beef and pork. They were very superstitious before but the modern education has changed the scenario.
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
and the rest of the Konkan
Konkan
The Konkan also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore...
.They speak the Konkani language
Konkani language
KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...
. They were once employed in the navy of Shivaji.
Today the fishing is still the main occupation.Many of them were converted by the Portuguese,and the baptized Kharvis fall under the Sudir category of Goan Roman Catholics.All of them are non-vegetarian but abstain from beef and pork. They were very superstitious before but the modern education has changed the scenario.