Before they wrapped the old man, Leon took a piece of string out of his pocket and tied a small gray feather in the old man's long white hair. Ken gave him the paint. Across the brown wrinkled forehead he drew a streak of white and along the high cheekbones he drew a strip of blue paint. He paused and watched Ken throw pinches of corn meal and pollen into the wind that fluttered the small gray feather. Then Leon painted with yellow under the old man's broad nose, and finally, when he had painted green across the chin, he smiled. The actions of Leon and Ken indicate that

The above paragraph depicts that the two main characters, that is, Leon and Ken are traditional in their point of views and cultures. In the given instance, Leon and ken both are performing the funeral activities as per the traditions and believes of the pueblo culture.

Not only they believe but they also value their customs as they are very thorough and certain regarding their acts as can be observed in the paragraph. They are not performing it just for the sake of formality.