Parna Marquise Engagement Ring

Before a wedding, before the first morning in a new house, someone climbs a stool at dawn and strings mango leaves across the doorframe. Each leaf is pointed at both ends. Near the centre of the string, three or four are gathered close together before the next gap begins. The house isn't finished until that line goes up. It's a small structure doing a large job, marking a change no one will misread. A stone shaped the same way, cinched close by a few smaller ones exactly where the hand would gather them, carries the same instruction. Something is beginning. You're allowed to wear the announcement.