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Period for Nelson Mandela is over. This morning in the capital of pretoria, a 30foot steel statue of the former president was unveiled in front of the Union Buildings where his president ial offices were and today also happens to be south africas day of reconciliation, a National Holiday that came into effect in 1994 at the end of apartheid. Yesterday more than 4,000 people gathered in mandelas native village to pay their final respects. Allen pizzey has that report from qunu. Reporter transported on a gun carriage over the land he loved most, Nelson Mandela was eulogized, remembered, mourned, and finally laid to rest. He had to be buried at midday so many of the 4 and a half thousand invited guests had started traveling before dawn. 95 candles, were for each year of mandelas remarkable life formed a coffin behind his coffin which sat on two skins of cattle that represents wealth here. Tradition played a role in these proceedings. Speaking on behalf of the family, chief ngangonhlaba ma
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