Editing Machete (section)

== Cultural influence ==
[[File:Flag of Angola.svg|thumb|The [[Flag of Angola]]]]

The [[flag of Angola]] features a machete, along with a [[cog-wheel]].

The southern [[Brazil]]ian state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]] has a dance called the ''dança dos facões'' (machetes' dance) in which the dancers, who are usually men, bang their machetes against various surfaces while dancing, simulating a battle. ''[[Maculelê (dance)|Maculelê]]'', an [[Afro-Brazilian]] dance and martial art, can also be performed with ''facões''. This practice began in the city of [[Santo Amaro, Bahia]], in the northeastern part of the country.<ref>{{cite book |first=John Lowell |last=Lewis |title=Ring of Liberation: Deceptive Discourse in Brazilian Capoeira |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-226-47683-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/ringofliberation0000lewi |url-access=registration |chapter=3: Capoeira in Salvador |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ringofliberation0000lewi/page/54 54]–55}}</ref>

In the [[Philippines]], the ''[[Bolo knife|bolo]]'' is used in training in ''[[eskrima]]'', the indigenous [[Filipino martial art|martial art]] of the Philippines.<ref name="Wilson2004">{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Frederick T.|title=A Sailor's Log: Water-tender Frederick T. Wilson, USN, on Asiatic Station, 1899–1901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pb7vSZgl5BYC&pg=PA130|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Kent State University Press|location=Washington|isbn=978-0-87338-782-8|page=130}}</ref>

In the [[Jalisco]] region of [[Mexico]], 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Los Machetes - Folk Dance Fun! |url=https://www.sallysseaofsongs.com/2015/05/los-machetes-folk-dance-fun.html | author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Sally's Sea of Songs |access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>