曼德拉遺體瞻仰最后一天吸引數(shù)萬民眾.

　　曼德拉遺體瞻仰最后一天吸引數(shù)萬民眾

　　Mandela lying in state ends with final rush from S Africans

　　Hundreds of South Africans pushed through police lines in a last-ditch bid to see Nelson Mandela lying in state in the capital Pretoria.

　　They were hoping to be the last of some 50,000 people to pass through the Union Buildings on Friday, where the former president&aposs body has lain.

　　Officials say at least 100,000 people have visited the venue over the past three days to pay their respects.

　　Mr Mandela&aposs coffin was taken from the building shortly after doors closed. The coffin was escorted by a guard of honour to a waiting hearse as military helicopters circled over the city.

　　The body will remain in Pretoria overnight, and there will be a ceremony at a local air force base on Saturday morning to allow members of the governing African National Congress to say a last farewell.

　　The coffin will then be flown to the Eastern Cape ahead of the burial at Mr Mandela&aposs ancestral home in Qunu on Sunday.

　　The funeral will mark the end of a period of commemorations in South Africa since the 95-year-old&aposs death on 5 December.

　　Long queues "The third day closed with over 50,000 paying their respects to our national icon and first democratically elected President of our country," the South African government said in a statement.

　　Shortly bore the lying in state came to an end, at 17:45 local time (15:45 GMT), hundreds of people towards the front of the queue pushed through in the hope to be one of the last through the door.

　　One police officer told the reporters: "There are too many people. The whole of the Republic of South Africa wants to say goodbye."

　　Many people waited in the line for 11 hours for the chance to see Nelson Mandela&aposs body.

　　Some were angry more time had not been allowed for this ceremonial; others said even if they could not reach his coffin for a personal farewell it was enough simply to be there.

　　Mr Mandela&aposs body could be seen through a glass screen, dressed in one of his trademark patterned shirts.

　　At each end of the casket stood two navy officers clad in white uniforms, with their swords pointing down.

　　Lt-Gen Xolani Mabangu, from the dence force, said chi mourners among the Madiba clan and Mandela family, as well as senior government officials, would accompany the body as it travels from Pretoria to the Eastern Cape, the South African Press Association reports.

　　A military guard of honour will welcome the arrival in Mthatha, and the coffin will be placed on a gun carriage and transported to a hearse.

　　Local people will form a &aposhuman chain&apos between Mthatha and Qunu as the procession passes. Once in Qunu, the Thembu community will conduct a traditional ceremony.

　　According to South Africa&aposs Times newspaper, it is not clear whether the Thembu monarch King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo will be attending the funeral.

　　According to custom, he should play a central role in the rituals, it reports.

　　But the king appears to be unhappy about some aspects of protocol and government ministers and Mandela family members have been meeting him to urgently convince him to be there, it says.

　　A national day of reconciliation will take place on 16 December when a statue of Mr Mandela will be unveiled at the Union Buildings.

　　南非前總統(tǒng)納爾遜?曼德拉遺體接受公眾瞻仰已是最后一天，在瞻仰儀式臨近結(jié)束之際，隊(duì)列前面的南非民眾按捺不住心情，他們爭相推開警戒線，只求見曼德拉最后一面。

　　13日，約有5萬民眾陸續(xù)來到聯(lián)合大廈瞻仰曼德拉遺容。

　　南非官方稱，過去3天瞻仰曼德拉遺容的民眾至少有10萬人。

　　瞻仰儀式結(jié)束后，曼德拉的靈柩在儀仗隊(duì)護(hù)送下轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)至靈車上。軍用直升機(jī)在城市上空盤旋。

　　接下來，曼德拉遺體還將在南非行政首都茨瓦內(nèi)度過一晚。14日早晨，當(dāng)?shù)乜哲娀貙⑴e行儀式，南非現(xiàn)任執(zhí)政黨非洲人國民大會(huì)成員作最后告別。

　　之后，遺體將空運(yùn)至曼德拉的故鄉(xiāng)東開普省古努，于15日舉行葬禮。

　　葬禮標(biāo)志著為期十天的曼德拉國葬的結(jié)束。

　　南非政府在一份聲明中說：“第三天有超過5萬民眾向我們國家的標(biāo)志和首位民選總統(tǒng)致敬。”

　　在瞻仰儀式最后一刻當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間下午17:45，排在隊(duì)列前的數(shù)百人推開警戒，不想錯(cuò)過最后的機(jī)會(huì)。

　　一名警察說：“人太多了，南非共和國所有人都想和曼德拉說再見?！?/p>

　　許多人排隊(duì)11個(gè)小時(shí)，只為能有機(jī)會(huì)最后見到曼德拉遺容。

　　有人為無法如愿而感到憤怒，也有人表示，雖然沒有見到曼德拉遺容，但自己去了那里，這就夠了。

　　曼德拉身穿標(biāo)志性的金黑相間的馬迪巴襯衫，平靜地躺在覆蓋著南非國旗的棺材中。公眾可透過玻璃罩瞻仰。

　　棺材兩端各站著兩名穿白色制服的海軍軍官，手持寶劍，劍尖朝下。

　　據(jù)南非通訊社報(bào)道，南非一名國防軍中將表示，曼德拉的遺體將在家人和官員的陪同下運(yùn)送至東開普省。

　　軍事儀仗隊(duì)將在烏姆塔塔迎接曼德拉的遺體，靈柩會(huì)放在炮架上運(yùn)抵靈車。

　　儀仗隊(duì)行進(jìn)時(shí)，烏姆塔塔和努之間當(dāng)?shù)孛癖妼⑴懦伞叭随湣彼蛣e曼德拉。到達(dá)古努后，騰布王朝部族將舉行傳統(tǒng)儀式。

　　南非一家報(bào)紙稱，尚不清楚騰布王朝國王達(dá)林岱波是否會(huì)出席葬禮。

　　依據(jù)習(xí)俗，他應(yīng)該在儀式中扮演核心角色。

　　國王似乎對(duì)禮儀的某些方面不滿，南非政府官員和曼德拉家族成員已緊急與其見面磋商，說服他到場。

　　葬禮結(jié)束后，南非政府將于12月16日南非和解日在聯(lián)合大廈前揭幕曼德拉的雕像。