Balinese people

Balinese payas agung, Bali, 2018 Photographed during their ceremony, this Balinese couple wear payas agung, the formal ceremonial dress most often chosen for weddings on the island. The bride's towering gold crown is built mostly from delicate golden flowers and is said to echo Mount Agung, and it can reach about 40 centimeters and weigh 3 to 4 kilograms. Once reserved for royalty, the ensemble is now worn by Balinese Hindu couples of every caste. Here the groom, in a gold-trimmed black jacket and his own gilded headdress, is dressed almost as lavishly as the bride.