Complex sentence: The person honored by being allowed to light the herb says a short sentence beforehand, and the ganja is passed in a clockwise fashion (passing'pon the lef' han' side) except in times of war when it is passed counterclockwise.
Split into simpler sentences: The person honored by being allowed to light the herb says a short sentence beforehand. The ganja is passed in a clockwise fashion (passing'pon the lef' han' side) except in times of war, when it is passed counterclockwise.