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Babi Palomas, 24, a model from São Paulo, Brazil, hires herself out to men as a "surrogate wife," providing them with companionship in way their wives cannot.

Came to meet my parents, but when they got to know of the water crisis here, they left. i ask how they would convince the prospective brides' families. perhaps offer to help their daughters fetch water? translation: no, i have other work, and she - has different work. she has to cook food, clean the house. i have to tend to the animals, farm and travel to attend social gatherings. so it's down to vimal�*s mother. she fetches water, washes his clothes, and cooks for him. there are three other sons, but they don't live here. the village didn't have much work so they moved out and found brides,...

She says she's never benefited from being the mother of sons. sons who would bring brides, that is other women, to share her water burden. the terrain is rocky and the distance is long so it's very hard to carry lots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. as the morning blends into afternoon, and it gets hotter, the task of ferrying water also becomes harder. to help women, the village council arranges water tankers in summer. each woman gets five buckets full. five buckets for the whole household. coloured in the colou...

These villages are infamous for their water crises. it's a hard life that no woman would choose. families don't want to marry their daughters into these villages, and when they do, these men tell me the women want to leave. it's a growing list of single men, getting older, looking for brides. i ask how many are unmarried here. three are nudged to stand up. one is called a reject. used to the jibe, he smiles. translation: i was 22 when the first marriage proposal came. - in total, five families

But bridal make-up in 2023, has become more subtle, minimal, at least with the Ugandan brides