South Africa starts bidding farewell to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero in its struggle against apartheid, in a funeral freighted with tears
With Nelson Mandela and other leaders sentenced to decades in prison, Tutu in the 1970s became the emblem of the struggle against racial segregation under apartheid rule.
The funeral on Saturday began with a hymn and a procession of clerics down the aisle burning incense and carrying candles in the church where Tutu will also be buried.
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