chanting, etc

It was 8.30 on Sunday morning when he came. I was still languishing in bed, but, eager not to miss the show, I pulled on some jeans and stumbled down the stairs, following the weird, rising and falling gurgling sound that had begun to fill the Yamada house. I entered the living room, and there he was: El Monk - kneeling before the shrine, incence smoke billowing lightly around him, only the back of his bald, liver-spotted head visible. I knelt between Yuuka and Koujisan at the back of the room. Then two seconds later I crossed my legs when the kneeling got too painful.
It was a sound unlike any other I have heard, but after a while I spotted a pattern - it went `oniononiononiononion`... oh no it didn`t - there was more to it, more like `yeronyerownyeronyerownyeronyerown` repeated endlessly, which wouldn`t be very encouraging to someone in the afterlife, you would think.
When it finally ended with the ringing of ceremonial bells, the `juushyo` was introduced to me. He wore specs and looked a bit like the Dalai Llama, with the twinkle in the eye of the able seducer I had heard he had been. He spoke thick local dialect which I didn`t understand a word of, but he seemed pleased to see me so instead of querying the economic affairs of Japanese Buddhism I just smiled.
Ok, better go now. Right now Yamada family camcorder videos are getting a grand screening in the living room. I`m sure Bondosan never had to do this in `You Only Live Twice`...