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Arch's body won’t be buried or cremated, it will be aquamated

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba gestures as Archbishop Desmond Tutu's coffin arrives at St. Georges Cathedral for his lying in state, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 30, 2021. [Reuters]

Revered South African anti-apartheid fighter Desmond Tutu was yesterday bade farewell in a state funeral at the St George's Cathedral in Cape Town.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner, according to the Archbishop Tutu IP Trust and the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, “was very clear on his wishes for his funeral”.

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