A brahmin may be specially hired to act as master of ceremonies especially for a "na htwin", but it is the monks who will supervise and perform the shaving of the head, called "hsan cha" (). The hair is received in a white cloth by the parents who kneeling together with the young "shinlaung" (), while the boy recites reflects on bodily defilements in Pali, to increase self-detachment from his hair. The boy, now having exchanged his princely garb with white robes, kneels before the Sayadaw and recites the Ten Precepts followed by the "thingan daung" (). He receives the saffron robe and is helped into this by a monk. Next he is given his alms bowl ( "thabeik") and palm-leaf fan ( "yat") from his parents with smiles of joy and tears of sorrow, his mother at the thought of parting with her dear son for the first time.