Chapter 02 Procession / Winter Rite
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The carriga as a visual grammar

What the procession carries

A system built from weight, rhythm, and one hard glint of bronze.

Weight makes the first impression.

Fourteen bronze bells turn each step into a measured signal before the mask appears.

GROUND
MATTER

Black is a material, not a mood.

Sooted wood, matted fleece, and worn leather keep the palette tactile in low light.

SURFACE
TEXTURE

Rhythm holds the line together.

Repeated vertical marks echo the carriga: a rank of parts, never a scattered ornament.

FORM
CADENCE

Contrast arrives once.

Reserve the red curittu and pale mask for the answering figure; bronze stays rare on black.

INVERSION
ANSWER
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