The passing of Nelson Mandela, the beloved father-figure of the Rainbow
Nation, now brings one of the country’s biggest ever staged events – at
least 10 days of tributes and engagements involving the participation of
hundreds of thousands.
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South
Africa does have experience with large-scale organizing, like the World
Cup for soccer in 2010 and a recent UN climate change summit. But the
farewell to Mr. Mandela is planned as an event like no other.
Late
next week, the body of the former dissident, president, and Nobel Peace
Prize winner will lie in state for three days at the Union Buildings
in the capital, Pretoria. Each day, there will be a funeral cortege from
the mortuary to the Union Buildings to allow the public to line the
route to pay their respects.
Then the scene will shift 450 miles
away to the tiny village of Qunu where “Tata” or father, as Mandela is
known, was born. The Nobel Prize winner is said to have requested to be
buried on a hillside within the Mandela family compound overlooking the
green fields where he tended cattle and played as a boy. The burial will
take place Sunday, Dec. 15.
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Heads
of state, dignitaries, and the famous are flying in over the coming
days. President Barack Obama, the pope, the Queen of England, UK Prime
Minister David Cameron, the Dalai Lama, and former US President Bill
Clinton will mix it up with artists, actors, and top shelf celebrities,
among whom Mandela had many friends.
Some of those expected
include U2 frontman Bono, singer Annie Lennox, Microsoft founder Bill
Gates, talk show host Oprah Winfrey, and supermodel Naomi Campbell.
In
announcing Mandela's passing, Zuma also announced a period of national
mourning: Condolence books will be opened at all South Africa’s foreign
embassies as well as at his former home in Soweto, which is now a
popular museum.
A special sitting of parliament will be held Monday in Cape Town, South Africa’s legislative capital.
On
Tuesday, a “ceremony of remembrance” is slated for the Soweto soccer
stadium that held the World Cup finals. The stadium is Africa’s largest,
with a capacity of 95,000. In July 2010 the stadium was the site of
Mandela’s last public appearance. He was driven onto the football pitch
in a golf cart for the cup’s closing ceremony. Mandela was accompanied
by his wife, Graca, and appeared resplendent in a bear-skin hat.
Now
the stadium will be packed with people eager to play their part in
celebrating Mandela’s life. In typical African fashion, singing and
dancing will play a key role in the event, and Archbishop-emeritus
Desmond Tutu, a long-time friend of Mandela, is expected to host. The
proceedings will appear on big screens put up in Soweto, Pretoria, and
Cape Town.
After Mandela's body lies in state in Pretoria on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, events will move to Qunu, where the
funeral cortege will be met by Zuma and a full military contingent who
will accompany it on a 15-mile procession along a road lined with
people, to its final resting place at his home.
The burial of
Mandela will be in accordance with the traditions of his Xhosa tribal
roots and it has been described as a private, family event – with a
handful of celebrities and dignitaries closest to him thought likely to
be invited.
Xhosa tradition usually includes the slaughter of a
cow or sheep, periods of prayer, singing, and silence, and the
possessions of the loved one placed inside their grave.
As a
lover of good food, whose personal cook is a celebrity in her own right
in South Africa, Mandela is likely to have stipulated that a final feast
be held in his honor.
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