Request: A Hindu couple in their early 20s pray to the gods for a long and prosperous future as they start their lives together during this recent marriage ceremony in Dukuk village in central Bali. As is often the custom, the couple – a wood carver and painter, and his now-wife, a waitress – decided to marry when the woman became pregnant. Costs of weddings, which can be as high as Rp15 million (US$1,653), are also a factor in delaying marriage. Shortly after this photo was taken, the bride, Ni Nyoman Sumartini, gave birth to a healthy baby boy.