Note 18 — Chapter VIII · TOTEMISM AND FETISHISM.
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At Kálshe in the Málwan taluka of the Ratnágiri District, the servants of gods, i.e., the ministrants or the Bhopis of the temple prick their breast with a knife on the Dasara day, and cry out loudly the words ‘Koya’ ‘Koya’. No blood comes from the breast as the wound is slight. This appears to be a survival of human sacrifice.18