The Akwén or Akwẽ are a Gê people, who come from Brasil and the South American Caribbean coast. Their language belongs to the central branch of the Gê family (trunk Macro-Ge) and has great linguistic proximity with the languages spoken by the Xavante and the Xacriabá (RODRIGUES, 1986). The body painting are different in each of the parties, prevailing the circle in the half ′Doi′, and stroke, which identifies the clans belonging to the ′Wahirê′ half.