Տեղի ունեցավ Նելսոն Մանդելայի հուղարկավորությունը (տեսանյութ, ֆոտո)

Աշխարհ 15 Դեկտեմբեր, 2013 12:50

Հարավաֆրիկյան հանրապետությունում վերջին հրաժեշտը տվեցին նախկին նախագահ Նելսոն Մանդելային: Նրա թաղման արարողությունը տեղի է ունեցել Մանդելայի հայրենի Կունու գյուղում: Թաղմանը մասնակցել է շուրջ հինգ հազար մարդ` ներառյալ պետական բարձրաստիճան պաշտոնյաններ աշխարհի տարբեր երկրներից:

Khanyile Diko cheers while waiting for the motorcade transporting the body of Nelson Mandela in the town of Mthatha on its way to Qunu

A South African mourner embraces a poster of Mandela, while waiting with other mourners for the motorcade transporting the body of former President Nelson Mandela to pass by in the town of Mthatha

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

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

Honor: A gun salute is fired as the funeral procession nears the Mandela family compound

Embrace: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who initially claimed he had not been invited to the funeral, hugs former president Thabo Mbeki

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

Prayer: A traditional Shembe priest offers prayers as he looks towards the dome where Mandela's funeral was held

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

Mourners: US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, centre, her husband Stedman Graham, left, and English businessman Richard Branson, right, watching the funeral 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 and liberation hero Nelson Mandela passes by the tent dome set up in Qunu for his funeral tomorrow

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

A military guard of honour stands to attention at the Mandela family's homestead in Qunu

Women hold ANC flags and banners as the long convoy bringing Mandela's body home finally arrives in Qunu

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

A last look at the father of the nation: Locals take photographs as Mandela's hearse nears Qunu, a small hamlet in South Africa's Eastern Cape province where Mandela grew up

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

'Long live the spirit of Nelson Mandela': The crowds chanted old songs and slogans from the anti-apartheid struggle as they watched the body of Mandela roll past

Patriotism: South African mourners wave and cheer as the hearse transporting the flag-draped casket containing the body of Mandela as it passes through the town of Mthatha

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

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

A celebration of life: Mourners sing, wave their national flag and hold up posters of Mandela as they wait for his funeral cortège to appear

Full military honours: Fighter jets escort the military plane carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela as it is flown to Mandela's home in the village of Qunu, Eastern Cape