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<h2 id="uses">Uses</h2> <h3>Agriculture</h3> <p>In various tropical and subtropical countries, the machete is frequently used to cut through <a href="/facts/Rainforest/IEY5TMEc">rainforest</a> undergrowth and for agricultural purposes (e.g. cutting <a href="/facts/Sugar_cane/925qszH4">sugar cane</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Besides this, in <a href="/facts/Latin_America/Qmx9Jx2a">Latin America</a> a common use is for such household tasks as cutting large foodstuffs into pieces—much as a <a href="/facts/Cleaver_(knife)/1l1RH6cP">cleaver</a> is used—or to perform crude cutting tasks, such as making simple wooden handles for other tools.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> It is common to see people using machetes for other jobs, such as splitting open <a href="/facts/Coconut/RUYNhNo2">coconuts</a>, yard work, removing small branches and plants, chopping animals' food, and clearing bushes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>Machetes are often considered tools and used by adults. However, many <a href="/facts/Hunter%E2%80%93gatherer/ghnjoNbJ">hunter–gatherer</a> societies and cultures surviving through <a href="/facts/Subsistence_agriculture/Djjy4FH3">subsistence agriculture</a> begin teaching babies to use sharp tools, including machetes, before their first birthdays.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h3>Warfare</h3> <p>People in uprisings sometimes use these weapons. For example, the <a href="/facts/Boricua_Popular_Army/EkzvTekW">Boricua Popular Army</a> are unofficially called <i><a href="/facts/Los_Macheteros/EkzvTekW">macheteros</a></i> because of the machete-wielding laborers of sugar cane fields of past <a href="/facts/Puerto_Rico/jVStMyG4">Puerto Rico</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>Many of the killings in the 1994 <a href="/facts/Rwandan_genocide/sWRxDx4q">Rwandan genocide</a> were performed with machetes,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> and they were the primary weapon used by the <a href="/facts/Interahamwe/snaLHnSu">Interahamwe</a> militias there.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> Machetes were also a distinctive tool and weapon of the <a href="/facts/Haiti/yjgyeK9w">Haitian</a> <i><a href="/facts/Tonton_Macoute/2NzFpGhs">Tonton Macoute</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p><p>In 1762, the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain/5yBEtQIt">British</a> captured <a href="/facts/Havana/Md8Krt6E">Havana</a> in a <a href="/facts/Siege_of_Havana/bjtV5jG9">lengthy siege</a> during the <a href="/facts/Seven_Years%27_War/fVDINs8P">Seven Years' War</a>. Volunteer <a href="/facts/Militia/c7CHBd54">militiamen</a> led by Pepe Antonio, a <a href="/facts/Guanabacoa/MwGeAbHY">Guanabacoa</a> councilman, were issued with machetes during the unsuccessful defense of the city.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> The machete was also the most iconic weapon during the <a href="/facts/History_of_Cuba/GVEj9Nhr">independence wars</a> in Cuba, although it saw limited battlefield use.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Carlos_Manuel_de_C%C3%A9spedes/yDwmXRfS">Carlos Manuel de Céspedes</a>, owner of the <a href="/facts/Sugar_refinery/EIYIsDPB">sugar refinery</a> <i>La Demajagua</i> near <a href="/facts/Manzanillo,_Cuba/psSIarjb">Manzanillo</a>, freed his slaves on 10 October 1868. He proceeded to lead them, armed with machetes, in revolt against the Spanish government.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> The first <a href="/facts/Cavalry/BstsEn1G">cavalry</a> charge using machetes as the primary weapon was carried out on 4 November 1868 by <a href="/facts/M%C3%A1ximo_G%C3%B3mez/Gqwsyl6v">Máximo Gómez</a>, a sergeant born in the <a href="/facts/Dominican_Republic/u36V3Nsb">Dominican Republic</a>, who later became the general in chief of the <a href="/facts/Cuban_Liberation_Army/twzlpubf">Cuban Army</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p><p>The machete is a common <a href="/facts/Sidearm_(weapon)/3C7xNT0Y">side arm</a> and tool for many ethnic groups in <a href="/facts/West_Africa/oV8Dk0kp">West Africa</a>. Machetes in this role are referenced in <a href="/facts/Chinua_Achebe/lPXQRrM6">Chinua Achebe</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Things_Fall_Apart/sWtcd8v3">Things Fall Apart</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p><p>Some countries have a name for the blow of a machete; the <a href="/facts/Spanish_language/95BgYNfv">Spanish</a> <i>machetazo</i> is sometimes used in English.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> In the <a href="/facts/British_Virgin_Islands/Wl66NGLT">British Virgin Islands</a>, <a href="/facts/Grenada/V2kbBXcM">Grenada</a>, <a href="/facts/Jamaica/jeDulmwE">Jamaica</a>, <a href="/facts/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis/SMPo2Ybr">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a>, <a href="/facts/Barbados/ywYtqmRB">Barbados</a>, Saint Lucia, and <a href="/facts/Trinidad_and_Tobago/jTXQP4Fe">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, the word <i>planass</i> means to hit someone with the flat of the blade of a machete or cutlass.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> To strike with the sharpened edge is to "chop". Throughout the English-speaking islands of the <a href="/facts/Caribbean/zRI9aMCh">Caribbean</a>, the term 'cutlass' refers to a laborers' cutting tool.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Brazilian_Army/kvp62YFW">Brazilian Army</a>'s Instruction Center on Jungle Warfare developed a machete-style knife with a blade 25 cm (10 in) in length and a very pronounced <a href="/facts/Blade/yxqtx5hq">clip point</a>. This machete is issued with a 13 cm (5 in) <a href="/facts/Bowie_knife/Jwek3n67">Bowie knife</a> and a <a href="/facts/Sharpening_stone/oNENLk1y">sharpening stone</a> in the scabbard; collectively called a "jungle kit" (<i>Conjunto de Selva</i> in <a href="/facts/Portuguese_language/vr3Fwzw3">Portuguese</a>); it is manufactured by Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil (<a href="/facts/IMBEL/moy9ownY">IMBEL</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p><p>The machete was used as a weapon during the <a href="/facts/Mau_Mau_rebellion/6zEzuphN">Mau Mau rebellion</a>, in the Rwandan Genocide, and in <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>, particularly in the 1980s and early 1990s when the former province of <a href="/facts/Natal_Province/VKdh976G">Natal</a> was wracked by conflict between the <a href="/facts/African_National_Congress/0WHYmTgy">African National Congress</a> and the <a href="/facts/Zulu_people/WmaPw6Rb">Zulu</a>-nationalist <a href="/facts/Inkatha_Freedom_Party/Wsb5Dv8U">Inkatha Freedom Party</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="manufacture">Manufacture</h2> <p>Good machetes rely on the materials used and the shape. In the past, the most famous manufacturer of machetes in <a href="/facts/Latin_America/Qmx9Jx2a">Latin America</a> and the Spanish-speaking <a href="/facts/Caribbean/zRI9aMCh">Caribbean</a> was Collins Company of <a href="/facts/Collinsville_(Canton,_Connecticut)/GldXXgfk">Collinsville</a>, <a href="/facts/Connecticut/LeDhYdJG">Connecticut</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> The company was founded as Collins & Company in 1826 by <a href="/facts/Samuel_W._Collins/5brhR80q">Samuel W. Collins</a> to make <a href="/facts/Axe/caIr6REq">axes</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> Its first machetes were sold in 1845<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> and became so famous that a machete was called <i>un collin</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> In the English-speaking Caribbean, Robert Mole & Sons of Birmingham, England, was long considered the manufacturer of agricultural cutlasses of the best quality. Some Robert Mole blades survive as souvenirs of travellers to Trinidad,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> Jamaica, and, less commonly, St. Lucia. </p><p><a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a> is the largest exporter of machetes worldwide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="cultural-influence">Cultural influence</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Flag_of_Angola/2YMtFdpV">flag of Angola</a> features a machete, along with a <a href="/facts/Cog-wheel/9KVHRfUR">cog-wheel</a>. </p><p>The southern <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazilian</a> state of <a href="/facts/Rio_Grande_do_Sul/lXaAF8SU">Rio Grande do Sul</a> has a dance called the <i>dança dos facões</i> (machetes' dance) in which the dancers, who are usually men, bang their machetes against various surfaces while dancing, simulating a battle. <i><a href="/facts/Maculel%C3%AA_(dance)/Ndz3A9tU">Maculelê</a></i>, an <a href="/facts/Afro-Brazilian/5avxNbNE">Afro-Brazilian</a> dance and martial art, can also be performed with <i>facões</i>. This practice began in the city of <a href="/facts/Santo_Amaro,_Bahia/k3sA2XHa">Santo Amaro, Bahia</a>, in the northeastern part of the country.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a>, the <i><a href="/facts/Bolo_knife/t17JKtuy">bolo</a></i> is used in training in <i><a href="/facts/Eskrima/yVSWyg8P">eskrima</a></i>, the indigenous <a href="/facts/Filipino_martial_art/sFTC5HXu">martial art</a> of the Philippines.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/Jalisco/AEPhKbol">Jalisco</a> region of <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a>, Los Machetes is a popular folk dance. This dance tells the story of cutting down sugar cane during the harvest. Los Machetes was created by Mexican farm workers who spent a great amount of time perfecting the use of the tool, the machete, for harvesting. Traditionally, real machetes are used while performing this dance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="similar-tools">Similar tools</h2> <p>The <i>panga</i> or <i>tapanga</i> is a variant used in <a href="/facts/East_Africa/WtsAyphI">East</a> and <a href="/facts/Southern_Africa/Ak6C1vgf">Southern Africa</a>. This name may be of <a href="/facts/Swahili_language/sLzhutLC">Swahili</a> etymology; not to be confused with the <a href="/facts/Panga_fish/1BTCmBh8">panga fish</a>. The <i>panga</i> blade broadens on the backside and has a length of 41 to 46 cm (16 to 18 in). The upper inclined portion of the blade may be sharpened.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> </p><p>Other similar tools include the <i><a href="/facts/Parang_(knife)/gH6tr0dR">parang</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> and the <i><a href="/facts/Golok/CATdWV79">golok</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> (from <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a> and <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a>); however, these tend to have shorter, thicker blades with a <a href="/facts/Primary_grind/JL0tGUgy">primary grind</a>, and are more effective on woody vegetation. </p><p>The tsakat is a similar tool used in <a href="/facts/Armenia/t3GQx9sU">Armenia</a> for clearing land of vegetation. </p><p>Other similar tools include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Billhook/v8pxzlzp">Billhook</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dusack/RWW0flhF">Dusack</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Golok/CATdWV79">Golok</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kopis/2I5e6QGN">Kopis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kukri/xy9bGfpS">Kukri</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Seax/f01P9cqs">Seax</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sorocaban_Knife/wnrBvjqu">Sorocaban Knife</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Media related to Machetes at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Online Etymology Dictionary". etymonline.com. 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