The budyas, a traditional ritual on the waterfront, where offerings are made to the spirits to involve good fortune on the fishermen and their fishing implements. The image of the town patron, St Andrew the Apostle, is then brought out of the Tandayag south chapel and transported, by elaborately decorated boats filled with devotees and a band, to the Tandayag north chapel where a Mass of thanksgiving is celebrated. Streetdancing to the town plaza follows.
The coastal Barangay of Tandayag has two chapels, one in Tandayag Norte and another in Tandayag Sur. The budyas is a ritual blessing of the fishermen and their fishing gear on the beach in front of the south chapel, after which the images of the two patrons of Amlan, Saints Peter and Paul, are transported to the northern chapel in a fluvial procession of elaborately decorated sea craft. Street dancing follows, with the contingents in fish folk motif. A feature of the town’s November 30 fiesta.
