Majivu ya aliyekuwa rais wa Cuba Fidel Castro yamezikwa katika makaburi mjini Santiago, na hivyo kumaliza siku tisa za maombolezo ya kitaifa nchini Cuba.
Familia na wageni wachache walialikwa katika shughuli hiyo ya faragha, iliyofanywa karibu na makumbusho ya shujaa wa uhuru wa Cuba, Jose Marti.
Hapo jana, rais wa Cuba, Raul Castro, amesema serikali yake itakataza barabara au eneo lolote kupewa jina la Fidel, na ndivyo Fidel mwenyewe alivyoagiza.
Mbele ya mhadhara mkubwa mjini Santiago, alisema Fidel Castro hakutaka kufanywa kama kiongozi wa madhehebu.
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Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro's ashes were encased in a large granite boulder (pictured) on Sunday in a ceremony that capped nine days of public mourning and aimed to literally set in stone the legacy of one of the 20th century's most influential characters. Cuban President Raul Castro (left) receiving his brother's ashes in a cedar box
Workers fixed the plaque with Castro's name on his tomb at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery, where his ashes were buried Sunday
Raul Castro saluted the rock, which was flanked by two honor guards in white uniform, and a 21-gun salute echoed out
Cubans visit Castro's tomb at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery Sunda after his ashes were buried alongside national heroes in the cradle of his revolution
The stone is also a few steps from a monument to rebels who died in an attack on the Moncada military barracks in Santiago at the start of the revolution
A Cuban woman laid flowers in front of the boulder after Castro's ashes were buried at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago de Cuba on Sunday
Thousands of people lined the short route from the Plaza Antonio Maceo to the cemetery waving Cuban flags and shouting 'I am Fidel!', on the last of nine days of official mourning for the late leader
A woman sobbed after watching Castro's ashes leave the Antonio Maceo plaza for the Santa Ifigenia cemetery
Familia na wageni wachache walialikwa katika shughuli hiyo ya faragha, iliyofanywa karibu na makumbusho ya shujaa wa uhuru wa Cuba, Jose Marti.
Hapo jana, rais wa Cuba, Raul Castro, amesema serikali yake itakataza barabara au eneo lolote kupewa jina la Fidel, na ndivyo Fidel mwenyewe alivyoagiza.
Mbele ya mhadhara mkubwa mjini Santiago, alisema Fidel Castro hakutaka kufanywa kama kiongozi wa madhehebu.
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- Fidel Castro's ashes were interred Sunday at 7 am inside Santiago De Cuba's Santa Ifigenia cemetery
- His ashes were encased in a large granite boulder with a dark plaque engraved with the word 'Fidel'
- Cuban military fired a 21-gun salute and crowds at the entrance to the ceremony sang the national anthem
- Castro's remains were buried out of the public eye after nine days of near-adulation for the revolutionary
- Raul said his brother 'rejected any manifestation of a cult of personality' and asked for no named tributes.
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro's ashes were encased in a large granite boulder (pictured) on Sunday in a ceremony that capped nine days of public mourning and aimed to literally set in stone the legacy of one of the 20th century's most influential characters. Cuban President Raul Castro (left) receiving his brother's ashes in a cedar box
Workers fixed the plaque with Castro's name on his tomb at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery, where his ashes were buried Sunday
Raul Castro saluted the rock, which was flanked by two honor guards in white uniform, and a 21-gun salute echoed out
Cubans visit Castro's tomb at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery Sunda after his ashes were buried alongside national heroes in the cradle of his revolution
His monument at the cemetery sits a few steps from the mausoleum of independence hero Jose Marti, another towering figure of Cuban history with whom Castro shared a mistrust of the US
The stone is also a few steps from a monument to rebels who died in an attack on the Moncada military barracks in Santiago at the start of the revolution
A Cuban woman laid flowers in front of the boulder after Castro's ashes were buried at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago de Cuba on Sunday
Thousands of people lined the short route from the Plaza Antonio Maceo to the cemetery waving Cuban flags and shouting 'I am Fidel!', on the last of nine days of official mourning for the late leader
A woman sobbed after watching Castro's ashes leave the Antonio Maceo plaza for the Santa Ifigenia cemetery
