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KeithBinns/Getty Images(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) When handing out machetes on the streets of Haiti to people who ve never really used them, it s important to wrap up the blades.
They re really sharp, and it s easy to hurt yourself, says Mertil Marcelin, a 35-year-old with a thick black beard who calls himself "The Machete Man." Though hurting people is kind of the point.
The Machete Man vibes around this Port-au-Prince neighborhood with an intense, ephemeral energy. He chats people up but he doesn t stay for long. There s work to do, after all, doling out melee weapons to the neighbors free of charge, so long as they promise to use them for one thing: protection from gang members.
"One machete for every Haitian," he told ABC News. "It s the only thing the gangs are afraid of."
"Bwa Kale," he said to one woman.
"Bwa Kale," she said back.
In Haitian Creole, Bwa Kale is crude slang for "erecti ....