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Slideshow: Qunu prepares for Mandela burial

A military aircraft carrying Nelson Mandela's remains took off from Pretoria's Waterkloof air force base on Saturday, en route to his native Eastern Cape province where he will be buried in the village of Qunu, where he spent his childhood.

Soldiers and police in front of the tent in which the final ceremony before Nelson Mandela's burial will take place
Soldiers and police in front of the tent in which the final ceremony before Nelson Mandela's burial will take place Reuters/Yannis Behrakis
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On Friday Qunu was preparing to bury its most famous son and the media were getting ready to cover the historic occasion.

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