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Modest requiem for a titan: South Africa set for Tutu farewell

Archbishop Desmond Tutu died last Sunday at the age of 90

Published: January 01, 2022 15:50 AFP

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2022-01-01T103711Z_1562348739_RC27QR9AD33Z_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DESMOND-TUTU-(Read-Only) — Cape Town: South Africa began bidding farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, in a funeral stripped of pomp but freighted with tears and drenched in rain. Image Credit: Reuters

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2022-01-01T094717Z_139600348_RC27QR9FIREY_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DESMOND-TUTU-(Read-Only) — Leah, wife of late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Lesotho's King Letsie attend the state funeral. It started with a hymn and a procession of clerics down the aisle burning incense and carrying candles in the church where Tutu will also be buried. Tutu died last Sunday at the age of 90, triggering grief among South Africans and tributes from world leaders for a life spent fighting injustice. Image Credit: Reuters

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2022-01-01T095541Z_992445937_RC25QR96OUFH_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DESMOND-TUTU-(Read-Only) — Famous for his modesty, Tutu gave instructions for a simple, no-frills ceremony, with a cheap coffin, donations for charity instead of floral tributes and an eco-friendly cremation. Image Credit: Reuters

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2022-01-01T100930Z_1868789785_RC27QR9DWJ91_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DESMOND-TUTU-(Read-Only) — The requiem mass started at 10 am (0800 GMT) at Cape Town's St. George's Cathedral where, for years, Tutu used the pulpit to rail against a brutal white minority regime. That is where he will be buried. Image Credit: Reuters

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South_Africa_Tutu_92776 — Tutu grand children Nompumelelo Ngomane left, and Mpilo Ngomane read from the Bible at the funeral of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa Image Credit: AP

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2022-01-01T102217Z_687043106_RC28QR9QVKQN_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DESMOND-TUTU-(Read-Only) — South Africa has been marking a week of mourning, culminating with two days of lying in state. Several thousand people, some of whom had travelled across the country, filed past a diminutive rope-handled casket made of pine, adorned simply by a bunch of carnations. Image Credit: Reuters

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2022-01-01T092817Z_57855182_RC29QR9V704A_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DESMOND-TUTU-(Read-Only) — People watching the funeral service. Under a grey sky and drizzle, mourners were ushered into the cathedral. Rains, according to historian Khaya Ndwandwe "are a blessing" and shows that Tutu's "soul is welcome" to heaven. Image Credit: Reuters

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364285-01-02-(Read-Only) — Mourners included close friends and family, clergy and a guests, including former Irish president Mary Robinson, who is to read a prayer. Others mourners were Elita, the widow of the last apartheid leader FW de Klerk, who died in November. Image Credit: AFP

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2022-01-01T105342Z_786832691_RC2AQR94JQ5O_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DESMOND-TUTU-(Read-Only) — The coffin is carried out after the funeral service. Image Credit: Reuters

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364274-01-02-(Read-Only) — Tutu's longtime friend, retired bishop Michael Nuttall, who was Anglican Church dean when Tutu was the archbishop of Cape Town, will deliver the sermon. The two forged a strong relationship, illustrating for many how a white leader could work for a black leader. Nuttall went on write a memoir titled "Tutu's Number Two" about their friendship. Image Credit: AFP

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