Honestly, this is kind of impressive considering the abundance of firearms. But people do love their machetes here! 🙃 And there's just something much more intimate about killing at stabbing distance, you know? #Colombia
(Also, if you missed the news in 2018, Eswatini used to be called Swaziland. TMYK. 👍🏻)
https://news.yahoo.com/eswatini-country-profile-173059716.html
@MLClark: ...death and that very few people were scared of them after all the local and national authorities terror, the Soviets, the various Islamic gangs and militias, and Al-Qaeda, etc., and the Europeans. On the other hand, raise a big rock, a machete, or a scimitar and shout at them, everyone will flee. Those are slow, brutal, and painful death or lingering pain and permanent disfigurement, and they go back 2,000+ years.
@thedisasterautist That's a telling insight. Thanks for sharing it.
Here, I was being glib, but machetes are deeply useful tools for rural folks. In Bogotá, 3/10 homicides last year were by smaller blades - quick vicious attacks for turf or during robberies, but in rural country or in poorer barrios one's simply more likely to have a machete on hand for finca work or everyday defense of one's vending stand / vehicle. First thing one grabs in a heated argument. I've seen them menaced... often!