The leader would then announce a self-selected number significantly greater than the number of priests in the circle,26 such as 187. The process of counting fingers would then start from one to 187, beginning with the priest whose headdress had been removed. Counting progressed around the circle from priest to priest until 187 fingers were numbered. The priest with the 187th finger was the one selected from the family clan to perform the incense offering that day. After decades of participating in