Fitri R. & Antara – Forget saying it with flowers and candy. Instead, how about a wedding in jail or a late-night gay pride party?

Those were just some of the more unusual ways Indonesians chose to celebrate Valentine's Day in a Muslim-majority country where the tradition is widely frowned upon.

In West Lombok district, West Nusa Tenggara, a woman in jail for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby used the occasion to marry the baby's father. Intan, 25, from Sukadana village in West Lombok, married her boyfriend, Supardi, 27, at a simple ceremony at the district police headquarters.

Intan is currently in custody as a suspect for leaving her baby girl to die in an empty field near her village earlier this month. The baby was discovered alive by other villagers and is reportedly in good health.

Supardi has not been charged in the case but was ordered by village elders to marry Intan and pay a fine of one cow or buffalo, two sheets of traditional cloth, two spears and 344 antique coins.

In Ambon, Maluku, the local branch of the Indonesian Gay, Lesbian and Transsexual Network (GWL-INA) held a party on Monday night to raise support for the usually marginalized members of society, group head Mochtar Ambon said.

"We just want to show the public that we're the same as them," he said. "Transsexuals, gays and lesbians are people, too, with the same rights as everyone else."

He added that while transsexuals were largely tolerated by Indonesian society, the same was not true of gays and lesbians, which prevented them from being more open about their sexuality.

Richard Louhenapessy, an Ambon city councilor from the Golkar Party, said he attended the function in a show of support for the community.

"A lot of people refuse to accept gays and lesbians as part of society, but the fact is they live among us," he said. "As long as they contribute positively to society, we should support them."

Others were not feeling the love. In Lebak district, Banten, an association of high school students said Valentine's Day went against Indonesian customs and Islamic teaching.

The high school students also claimed that observing the tradition could encourage sexual promiscuity "because in other countries Valentine's Day is characterized by consumption of alcohol and parties."

Young people in Bogor reportedly also called the celebration hedonistic and said it encouraged sexual promiscuity.