My Husband Excited Over his First MACHETE. BeachWednesday.

So where does the word "MACHETE" come from? It comes from word Macho, which in the Spanish language was used to refer to sledgehammers.

Machetes are not very popular or well known in Europe, or North America, but in tropical and subtropical countries, the machetes are used as a tool, for agricultural purposes like cutting sugar cane, or they are mostly used to cut throught rain forest undergrowth or just a tool used as a garden tool, for example cutting down the banana leaves or coconut leaves, clearing bushes and trimming the grass.

In Latin America, the common use of machete is a household tool for tasks like cutting large foods into pieces or splitting open coconuts etc.




My husband cutting one of the coconuts with the machete. I am proud to say, that I also learned to cut my own coconuts since a lot of women also use the machete as a tool, so I had to learn it too, but still need more practice.

In Central America countries, machetes are used as an everyday tool in agriculture, such as chopping, clearing, cutting and felling. The machete has a long history of use and it is still seen as a part of the everyday dress code of the rural male inhabitants. In the older days the machete and the skill of it were used as token of manliness and it was also carried as a sword-like, which was carried in the ornamented sheaths made out of leather. The machetes also played a role as a ready-to-hand weapon for self-defense, but modern laws now prohibit its use as a weapon.
As a part of the male dress, it is normal to see a man carrying machetes with them on a daily basis, but it also plays a part in the cultural expressions like dances, or skill exhibitions and horse taming contests.

In Mexico and Central America macheteros are contracted in clearing paths for the construction of new roads or structures.

My husband playing with his machete in our beach house, like if it's his favorite toy. You can't really see the machete because it is behind him, so you can't really see it, just the tip of the leather cover where the machete is hiding.

Pictures were taken with Sony Cyber-shot W350.

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