Gi-ok sa pasalamat: Cortes’ native dance to Santo Niño

But, did you know that in several areas in Bohol, a different kind of pagan dance rests dormant in the memory of the old, and could still stir and wake to the right beat? 

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS OF THE BASILICA MINORE DEL STO. NIÑO DE CEBU ON THE USE AND WEARING OF STO. NIÑO VESTMENT

The wearing of Sto. Niño vestment to children is one of the expressions of faith by parents in order to help them understand and grow their faith to the Child Jesus. Children are the direct manifestations of the Holy Child—special blessings that hold the family together. For parents as the first teachers of faith, it is part of their duty to let their children be closer to Jesus.