sentences:  Hosting a neighborhood Pimai party to celebrate the beginning of the Laotian lunar year, Kahn soon learns that a group of Buddhist monks is searching for the reincarnated lama Sanglug in the vicinity of Arlen.The monks are planning to attend the party and test the two most likely candidates, Chane Wassonasong and Connie Souphanousinphone.At the party, a number of objects, one of which belonged to Sanglug, are laid out on a rug for the candidates to choose from, the idea being that Sanglug's reincarnated spirit will be drawn to the object he had possessed.