RIP Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
RIP Great MADIBA
From 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013...and FOREVER!
Nelson Mandela's body has
been laid to rest in a family plot in his childhood village Qunu, after political and religious
leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state
funeral service. His body travelled from Pretoria by air to
Mthatha in Eastern Cape province, and then by road to Qunu .
His widow, Graca Machel, and President Jacob Zuma were
present for the private, traditional Xhosa burial at Mr Mandela's
ancestral home in Qunu.
Present
at the private burial were about 450 members of the Mandela family,
political and religious leaders as well as foreign dignitaries,
including Britain’s Prince Charles, American civil rights activist
,Reverend Jesse Jackson and talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
Mr Zuma had earlier told the larger funeral service that South Africans had to take his legacy forward.
Mr Mandela died on 5 December aged 95.
The last of 10 days of commemorations for Mr Mandela began
with his coffin being taken on a gun carriage from his home to a giant
marquee where his portrait hung behind 95 candles - each representing a
year of his life.
The coffin, draped in the South African flag, was placed beneath a lectern where speakers paid their tributes.
Some guests sang and danced to celebrate Mr Mandela's life as the service began.
...RIP THE GREAT MADIBA OF OUR TIME! YOU'LL GREATLY BE MISSED!!!
