Some of the major officiants at the ceremony would be priest or an minister. These
officiants are in the Japanese traditions mostly. The major officiants of the
Cambodian, Thai, and Ceylonese traditions is the monk. All the Buddhist traditions
use the sect quotes from the Sutras, which are the collections of saying from the
Buddha. The order of the ceremony will be announced by the priest or the monk.
When the priest and or monk say to stand or give a command and as such the non
Buddhist will also do as the Buddhists. The non Buddhists will be included through
the whole ceremony. As the ceremony is going on there will be no pictures with or
without flash. There will also be no cameras or and tape recorders. Finally the
contributions will not be collected at the ceremony.