Daniel says "I can't even make out how many of them there are" at the same moment that the only shot when we can see probably everyone in the ceremony is shown on screen. Is that meant to be a hint for us to figure out how many of them there are?
I count 8 people.

I don't know about rituals or anything, would the amount of people participating be important in any way?? Or am I just looking in to something random..