original first inhabitants of the province of Misiones in Argentina. Their language and culture is quite distinct from the neighboring Guaraní.

The Kaingang society is divided in two exogamic groups, kamé and kanhru (or kairu), understood in Kaingang worldview as the two originating halves of the world, nature and humanity. Kamé is associated with téi (lines), and people of kamé marking paint their face and bodies with parallel