sage

Burnt sage filled the air at one intersection, courtesy of a Danza Azteca group, while attendees — some in traditional embroidered dresses and shirts — relished the cumbia song blasting from a nearby radio.

The character already got his much-deserved happily ever after and now shows up to dole out sage advice and support for the family.

In the early morning, the east-facing yard is alive with butterflies and bees, dancing over electric-purple whorls of celestial blue sage and sunny Palmer’s Indian mallow growing over the fence.

When the tribe “started to burn the sage … that’s when it hit me,” she said.

In the meantime, for adults concerned about the adolescents in their own lives, volunteers offered some sage advice.