Mazishi ya Nelson Mandela yanaendelea katika kijiji cha Qunu katika mkoa wa Eastern Cape na kumaliza wiki moja ya maombolezi ya shujaa wa Afrika,Nelson Mandela. 
Takriban watu 4,500 ikiwemo wageni wa kimataifa wanahudhuria mazishi hayo ambayo ni ya mchanganyiko wa tamaduni za kale na mambo ya kisasa.
Familia ya Mandela ilikesha wakijiandaa kwa mazishi ya leo huku kukiwa na muimbaji ambaye atakuwa anaita mizimu ya mababu wa kale na pia wakiongelesha mwili wa Mandela kumwambia kuwa sasa anazikwa. Ni kuambatana na tamaduni na mila za watu wa ukoo wa Mandela wa Thembu.
Viongozi wa Afrika, familia na marafiki wametoa heshima zao za mwisho kwa hayati Nelson Mandela katika mazishi yake ya kitaifa katika kijiji cha Qunu katika mkoa wa Cape Mashariki. Mandela alikuwa rais wa kwanza mzalendo wa Afrika Kusini.
Rais Jacob Zuma amesema kuwa wakati safari ndefu ya Mandela kuelekea uhuru imekwisha, raia wa Afrika Kusini wana jukumu la kuendeleza sera zake na urithi wake.
Gathered to remember Madiba: South Africa's
president Jacob Zuma (2nd left), Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Mandela
(left), and the widow of Mandela, Graca Machel (3rd left), sit by his
coffin
Embrace: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who initially
claimed he had not been invited to the funeral, hugs former president
Thabo Mbeki
Respect: Candles are lit under a portrait of Nelson Mandela before his funeral. One for every year of his life
Dignitaries: Prince Charles, right, arrives for the state funeral on Sunday
Representing Britain: The Queen sent the Prince
of Wales, pictured here speaking to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a politician
and former wife of Jacob Zuma
Mourners: US talk show host Oprah Winfrey,
centre, her husband Stedman Graham, left, and English businessman
Richard Branson, right, watching the state funeral service
Praise: President Jacob Zuma said that Mandela was 'a fountain of wisdom, a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope'
Final journey: The coffin carrying former South
African President Nelson Mandela is escorted into his state funeral
service in Qunu this morning
Eulogy: Mandela's granddaughter Nand takes to the podium to pay her tributes to the leader
Honor: A gun salute is fired as the funeral procession nears the Mandela family compound
Procession: Military officers accompany the coffin into the funeral as others stand to attention
Speech: Joyce Banda, the president of Malawi, was one of many African leaders to pay tribute to Mandela at the service
Stage: The speakers delivered their addresses in front of 95 candles, representing every year of Mandela's life
Moved: Mandela's daughter Makaziwe, centre, sits in front of her father's coffin during the ceremony
Tears: The former president's daughter Zindzi comforts another mourner
Tradition: Mandela's casket, covered in the nation's flag, was placed on a cattle skin as the service combined elements of traditional and state funerals
Display: The coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela is seen draped in a South African national flag during his funeral in his ancestral village of Qunu
Tribute: A military officer places the framed flag of South Africa on top of Mandela's coffin
Sombre: South Africa's current president Jacob Zuma sitting between Winnie Mandela and Graca Machel
State funeral: Mandela's coffin is carried into the white tent for the service
Support: African National Congress supporters chant before the start of the funeral
Dignitaries: Anti-apartheid activist and friend Ahmed Kathrada, right, with former South Africa president Thabo Mbeki
United in grief: Mandela's widow Graca Machel,
above, and his former wife Winnie, below, arrived holding hands and sat
together for the service
Traditional: Mandla Mandela right, grandson of former South African president Nelson Mandela, during his grandfather's funeral
Final goodbye: The flag-draped casket of South Africa's first black president arrives in Mandela's village
Coming home: A parade of servicemen lead the casket to the funeral
Home at last: Military officers and Nelson
Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela, rear, accompany the casket of the
former South African President as it arrives in Qunu
Journey's end: The hearse carrying the coffin of
former South African president Nelson Mandela
passes by the tent dome set up in Qunu for his funeral
Tradition: Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela,
right, watches as local chiefs escort the lion skin draped casket of
former South African President as it arrives at the Mandela residence in
Qunu
Winnie Mandela (left), ex-wife of former South
African President, and Graca Macel, widow of Mandela, wipe away tears as
his flag-draped coffin arrives at the Mthata airport
Spectator: A man watches the funeral on a big screen erected near the site of the ceremony
Watching: Locals who were kept away from the ceremony itself watched a big screen overlooking the venue
Assembled: Residents of Qunu sit and watch the proceedings unfold
Shelter: Women watching the funeral in Qunu wearing cloths on their heads to keep off the sun
Women hold ANC flags and banners as the long
convoy bringing Mandela's body home finally arrives in Qunu. As police
and military helicopters buzzed overheard, mourners broke into the South
African national anthem as the cortège appeared
A last look at the father of the nation: Locals
take photos as Mandela's hearse nears Qunu, a small hamlet in South
Africa's Eastern Cape province where he grew up
Parade: Members of the South Africa navy look on at the dome which was set up to host the funeral
A military guard of honour stands to attention
at the Mandela family's homestead in Qunu. Mandela, the revered icon of
the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering
political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5
at age 95
Hero: A woman raises her fist in salute as she watches
the hearse carrying her country's first black president drive by on the
way to his final resting place
Locals cheers as Mandela arrives: Iit was
escorted by an enormous convoy of police, military and other vehicles,
many flashing emergency lights, arriving at about 4pm local time after
going past cheering crowds who had lined the route to pay their respects
Loved by the people: The motorcade transporting
Mandela's body passes through crowds of mourners gathered in the town of
Mthatha on its way to Qunu
Africa: Young women dance by the roadside in the
small village of Queque, near Qunu, as they wait to watch the funeral
procession to sweep by
Patriotism: Mourners wave and
cheer as the hearse transporting the flag-draped casket containing Mandela's body as it passes through the town of Mthatha
High security: Soldiers in full combat gear,
male and female, were stationed on foot on either side of the road from
the airport in Mthatha
Paying respects: Thousands of mourners line the
streets of Umthatha as the enormous convoy of police, military and other
vehicles sweeps through their town
No comments:
Post a Comment