Before prayer, incense sticks are passed out to all members of the laity. The offering of candles and incense to the sacred altar is usually the first in any religious activity.
Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 4 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.
View the Consecration group of photographs on the Internet Archive,
https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration.