People in the mountains celebrated festivities with the harvest
yielded in the fields on the holy territory within the house of
worship. Part of the harvested crops was used in ritual bread
baking and beer brewing. The first spring works in Khevsureti
started by plowing cornfield. On a Friday, the chief of the
community would stand on the flat deck roof of one of the houses
and announce the beginning of plowing. It was an obligatory work
for all, and once the people finished plowing the area, then
they would start working on their own patches of land. It is
interesting to note, that as the process of harvest served the
divine deeds, it acquired a ritual character. When it was the
time to reap the fields, the chief of clan would announce so and
appoint the day of reaping. By this time the beer would have
been brewed, the parish would get together, select the
sacrificial animals and would sacrifice to the deity. The chief
would open the beer cask and fill the silver chalices, light the
candles nearby the offeri