Editing Kukri (section)

== Use ==

[[File:Survival training heats up 160830-M-YN982-241.jpg|thumb|Kukri as a tool during survival training]]
The kukri is effective as a chopping weapon, due to its weight, and slashing weapon, because the curved shape creates a "wedge" effect which causes the blade to cut effectively and deeper.

While most famed from use in the military, the kukri is the most commonly used multipurpose tool in the fields and homes in Nepal. Its use has varied from building, clearing, chopping firewood, digging, slaughtering animals for food, cutting meat and vegetables, skinning animals, and opening cans.

The kukri is versatile. It can function as a smaller knife by using the narrower part of the blade, closest to the handle. The heavier and wider end of the blade, towards the tip, functions as an axe or a small shovel.

The kukri often appears in [[Nepalis|Nepalese]] [[heraldry]] and is used in many traditional, [[Hinduism|Hindu]]-centric rites such as [[wedding]] ceremonies.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014|title=BBC - A History of the World - Object : The Fisher Kukri|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/FzDrekacQHusof2P4WULgw#:~:text=The%20Kukri%20is%20the%20national%20symbol%20of%20Nepal.,-It%20is%20a&text=At%20Dashain,%20the%20Hindu%20religious,the%20national%20symbol%20of%20Nepal.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172851/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/FzDrekacQHusof2P4WULgw|archive-date=17 October 2020|access-date=8 November 2020|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

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File:Rai-Kirati Shaman in Eastern Nepal.jpg|A [[Rai people|Rai]]-[[Kirati people|Kirati]] priest wearing a kukri on his waist
File:Rai_People_Mundumic_Ritualistic_religious_tradition.jpg|Kukri in traditional religious worship of [[Rai people]]
File:Gurkha IOC 3.jpg|upright|[[Gurkha Contingent]] officer with a kukri attached to his belt
File:Coat of arms of Nepal (1962–2008).svg|Coat of arms of Nepal 1962–2008
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