After three days of formal mourning, Pele, a legendary football player, will be laid to rest in a 14-storey cemetery in the heart of Santos on Tuesday.
The body of the three-time World Cup champion, who passed away yesterday, will be transported from Sao Paolo’s Albert Einstein Hospital to the Vila Belmiro Stadium on Monday, where mourners can pay their condolences.
According to local media, his body will stay in the center circle for 24 hours before being transported through the streets of his hometown to momentarily halt outside the home of his bedridden mother Celeste, 100.
After that, he will be escorted to the Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, which a 2014 short film about the cemetery branded “A Tomb With A View” and claimed to be the tallest structure in the world.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento passed away on Thursday after a protracted fight with cancer. The icon, popularly known as Pele, was 82 years old.
More than 14,000 vaults make up the vertical cemetery, which was constructed in 1983. A restaurant, tropical garden, and even a museum of vintage cars are there.
In 1958, 1962, and 1970, Pele won the World Cup.
In order to facilitate the handover of power from departing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday morning, his funeral has been postponed.
Monuments lit up in the Brazilian flag to honor the footballing legend have been erected throughout the country amid deep sorrow.
The Premier League will honor the famous footballer during its New Year’s Day games this weekend.
The passing of the Brazilian star triggered an enormous global outpouring of love and respect.
