It's like the opening gambit of a
bad Hollywood romance. A
Brazilian town populated only
by women has made an appeal
for eligible bachelors.
More than 600 women live in
the town of Noiva do Cordeiro,
south-east Brazil. And most of
them are aged between 20 and
35 years old.

Now they have extended an
invitation to potential suitors.
But don't start packing your
bags just yet - any men who go
have to understand that this
corner of the Brazilian
countryside is very much a
woman's world.

Some of Noiva de Cordeiro's
women are already married
and have families, but their
husbands - and any sons over
18 - are made to work away
from home and only allowed to
return at the weekends.

It means girl power rules in the
rural community, with women
in charge of every aspect of life
- from farming to town
planning and even religion.

And residents say their town is
that much the better for it.

'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,' said Rosalee
Fernandes, 49.
'When problems or disputes
arise, we resolve them in a
woman's way, trying to find
consensus rather than conflict.
'We share everything, even the
land we work on. Nobody
competes with anyone here. It's
all for one, and one for all.

'The whole town came together
recently to help buy a huge
widescreen TV for our
community centre so we can all
watch soap operas together.
'And there's always time to stop
and gossip, try on each other's
clothes and do each other's hair
and nails.'

But while none of the residents
of Noiva do Cordeiro would
have it any other way, it has
left them with just one problem.

Nelma Fernandes, 23, admits it's
impossible for her neighbours -
renowned in the region as
strikingly beautiful - to find a
would-be spouse.

'Here, the only men we single
girls meet are either married or
related to us, everyone is a
cousin. I haven't kissed a man
for a long time,' she said.
'We all dream of falling in love
and getting married. But we like
living here and don't want to
have to leave the town to find a
husband.'

The lack of eligible batchelors
has now led the community's
many single young ladies for
make an appeal for interested
men - but only those willing to
adapt to living in a women's
world.

Ms Fernandes said: 'We'd like to
get to know men who would
leave their own lives and come
to be a part of ours.
'But first they need to agree to
do what we say and live
according to our rules.'

Noiva do Cordeiro was born in
the hills near Belo Vale, in Minas
Gerais state, after founder Maria
Senhorinha de Lima was
branded an adulterer after
leaving a man she had been
forced to marry.

She was chased out of town in
1891 after the Catholic church
excommunicated her and the
next five generations of her
family when she shacked up
with another suitor.

Shunned by the local
population, she and other
women who subsequently
went to live with them were
vilified as loose women and
prostitutes, causing them to
isolate themselves from the
outside world.

In 1940, an evangelical pastor,
Anisio Pereira, took one of the
women, aged 16, to be his wife
and founded a church in the
growing community.
However, he proceeded to
impose strict puritanical rules,
banning them from drinking
alcohol, listening to music,
cutting their hair or using any
type of contraceptive.

When Anisio died in 1995, the
women decided never again to
let a man dictate how they
should live. And one of the first
things they did was to
dismantle the male-biased
organised religion he had set
up.

Rosalee Fernandes said: 'We
have God in our hearts. But we
don't think we need to go to
church, get married in front of
a priest or baptise our children.

These are rules made up by
men.'Source

this is unbelievable.

Them get luck say no be naija, you go fear chop and clean mouth guys na.

Abeg who know where brazilian embassy for naija dey? Make I begin pack my clothes. I dey convert to islam sef. 4 Wives 4 wives 4 Wiveses.

eunisam: this is unbelievable.

You don pack your baggage so!

Meet me for airport; make we jet out 2geda in my jet

acenazt: Abeg who know where brazilian embassy for naija dey? Make I begin pack my clothes. I dey convert to islam sef. 4 Wives 4 wives 4 Wiveses.

Na your type dey make women gang-rape dem!!!

If dem catch you for dat place, OYO

Awoofawo:

Na your type dey make women gang-rape dem!!!

If dem catch you for dat place, OYO

hehhehehhehehhehehhehehhehhe loving thah PUNNANI

acenazt: hehhehehhehehhehehhehehhehhe loving thah PUNNANI

I pity you bro! If 200 brazilian punna jam you for 1nite; na dat time you go understand women-power

Awoofawo:

I pity you bro! If 200 brazilian punna jam you for 1nite; na dat time you go understand women-power

hehehe I go die smiling

acenazt: hehehe I go die smiling

you go die smiling on top wetin

Awoofawo:

You don pack your baggage so!

Meet me for airport; make we jet out 2geda in my jet

i can't jet with u o abeg.dey go i dey come.i hope the road is trekable.ebola things oh

eunisam: i can't jet with u o abeg.dey go i dey come.i hope the road is trekable.ebola things oh

boiboi no fear nothing fix do you

Something is definately wrong with that community.