Women from a rural town in southeast Brazil are ready to mingle with single men after living in town for many years independent from men.

Over 600 eligible bachelorettes between ages 20 to 35 have made a plea for single men to visit their hometown, Noiva do Cordeiro as the only men they meet are either married or a cousin.

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"I haven't kissed a man for a long time," 23-year-old Nelma Fernandes stated expressing her hopes of finding a man, falling in love, and eventually getting married as most of the males in their society are sent away.

Sons born to Noiva do Cordeiro women are sent away when they turn 18 while husbands of those lucky enough to get married are prohibited from visiting the town except during the weekends.

The town founder, Maria Senhorinha de Lima, started the society where woman are dominant when she was outcast after being dubbed as an adulterer.

Together with five generations of her family, she was persecuted for leaving a man she was forced to marry and was chased out of town and excommunicated by the church in 1891, the Daily Star stated.

After fleeing town, she built the settlement where other women shunned by a society of men found a home isolated themselves from their persecutors.

During the 1940s, evangelical pastor Anisio Pereira located the town and married one of its 16-year-old girls. He later founded a church that imposes puritanical rules. After he died, women in the society vowed never to be subjected to men's rules and dismantled Pereira's church.

At present, though women from the rural town wish for single men to arrive. However, they still want to retain their predominantly female-oriented culture and warned those who plan to visit them to abide by their rules.

"There are lots of things that women do better than men. Our town is prettier, more organised, and far more harmonious than if men were in charge," resident Nelma Fernandes stated.

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