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The obligatory ritual for all men, marking adulthood, is usually held from the end of winter to the end of January of the following year. If the person dies before the ceremony, the family will do it before the funeral. Usually there are 3 levels: 3, 7 and 12 lights. The shaman presides over the ceremony with an interplay of musical instruments, costumes, and offerings. It includes a lot of rituals according to the process: Presenting ceremony of the person receiving the ceremony, Ceremony of giving and lowering of lamps, Ceremony of naming of Dharma names, Ceremony of delivering the sound of soldiers and rice to feed the army, Ceremony of crossing the bridge, Ceremony of granting worshiping tools, The ceremony of imparting the magic power, the ceremony of worshiping the sun god, the ceremony of red silk, also known as the second wedding ceremony, the ceremony of worshiping the rice souls, the ceremony of visiting heaven or the second birth ceremony, the Ascension Ceremony.