Bahandi Festival

The town of Alcantara is blessed with abundant marine resources and fertile lands. The bounties of the land and sea of Alcantara are said to be the wealth or the so called “bahandi” of the people. Bahandi Festival is a celebration of good life, good harvest, merrymaking, and thanksgiving. It is also a cultural festival that shall portray the ways in fishing and in farming.The Bahandi Festival was celebrated every 27th and 28th day of august in the honor of the saint, Saint Augustine.