Probably a Portuguese thing... not sure... do you know Dias?
@forykw

Would be of Portuguese origin. @forykw
The Portuguese brought Catholicism to Goa.

São João is a Catholic festival celebrated in Goa in an unusual manner, with devotees leaping into, and swimming in, domestic drinking water wells, as a form of tribute to St. John the Baptist. It is organised on June 24 each year.
While the feast of Sao Joao is celebrated across the Catholic world on the same day, Goa is the only place in the world where it is marked by leaping into wells.
Wikipedia

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