Sao Joao and the folklore of wells
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Wells are linked to life and death, and appreciated in India where so many dry areas survive through wells, whose waters seem increasingly scarce.
Revellers decorated with a copel (headgear) jumped in the well by maintaining a safe distance during the traditional Sao Joao celebrations at Arpora in North Goa.
Sao Joao was subdued in Goa this year. Because of Covid everyone had to tone down the Feast of St. John the Baptist which Goa uniquely celebrates with people jumping into wells and other freshwater sources. People just made the flower crowns called kopels and did some local splashing.