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Dressing up a Santo Niño Figure in Gaddang Tribe Costume

 This image of the Santo Niño is being transformed into a work of art - a model of intricately beaded ceremonial garments. "The Santo Niño devotion is a famous spiritual heritage spread all throughout the Philippines and there are Filipinos who unquestionably attribute the miraculous powers of the infant Jesus, locally known as the Santo Niño even to the simplest of things."  The costume that is being fitted on the figure is the cultural pride of the Gaddang tribe of Paracelis, Mountain Province in the Northern Philippines.  "Exquisite beadwork are trademarks of the Gaddang textiles." It has a lavish embroidery in bright, fiery colors. It is carefully done on handwoven cloth. "Most ceremonial garments have beaded seams and the front flaps of male G-strings as well as male kerchiefs and shirts may display intricate beadwork." The cape which symbolizes the wings has feather-like desig...