 Wearing Western-style clothing is still not generally accepted but the traditional three woollen blankets, worn around the head, waist and shoulders, have in many cases been replaced by a cotton "kediyun" together with a "dhoti" or "chorni".As with the women, Carol Henderson notes that 

Bharwads are rarely educated beyond primary level and literacy rates are poor.Many of them live in and around the Gir Forest National Park, where they tend to keep away from the forest itself when grazing their livestock due to the danger of attacks by Asiatic lions.