The service in Mr Mandela's home village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape saw the man who overthrew the apartheid regime described as "South Africa's greatest son"
Several thousand guests gathered on Sunday in a huge tent at the family compound of Nelson Mandela to attend the funeral ceremony for the anti-apartheid leader.
Guests included Prince Charles, entrepreneur Richard Branson and US broadcaster and actress Oprah Winfrey.
Mr Mandela's portrait looked over the assembly in the white marquee from behind a bank of 95 candles representing each year of his life.
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