The ceremony involves the man’s hair and eyebrows being shaved and him being bathed by elder family members. After this, the “Naak” or “Naga” in English is clothed in a long white robe. He then enters the Sala building – a huge meeting hall where the head monk will deliver a sermon The ordination ceremony must be performed in the “Ubosot” or “Ordination Hall” in the temple, ideally with 28 monks (or at least 10) present as witnesses, including an instructor and two other senior monks.