At 5:00 a.m. Greek time, the gates of the Santos stadium were opened, where the body of what many consider to be a top football player has been placed in public pilgrimage for 24 hours
The time has come for the world to say its final goodbye to the Brazilian football legend, Pele. At 10:00 in the morning (15:00 Greek time) in Sao Paulo, the gates of the Santos stadium were opened, where the body of what many consider to be a top football player has been placed in public pilgrimage for 24 hours.
Entry to the stadium will be allowed “without interruption” until Tuesday at 15:00 Greek time, after which a procession will travel through the streets of Santos, a city 75 kilometers southeast of Sao Paulo, before the funeral, which will be attended family members only.
The procession will specifically pass in front of the house of the former footballer’s mother, Donna Celeste, who “doesn’t know” that her son is dead, according to Maria Lucia do Nascimento, one of the deceased’s sisters. “She’s in her own world,” ESPN assured Friday.
Pele’s burial will take place in a closed family circle in the “Memorial Necropole Ecumenica”, a “vertical cemetery”, a 14-story building.
See live image from the popular pilgrimage:
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