<p>The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu lay in state on Friday for a second day, giving South Africans a final chance to pay tribute on the eve of his funeral.</p>.<p>A church band, which included a preschooler trumpeter, performed outside the church as the cortège pulled up to bring back the modest pinewood coffin containing one of the titans of South Africa's history.</p>.<p>Tutu's successor, Thabo Makgoba, waved a chalice of burning incense over the coffin before pallbearers -- including Anglican vicars -- took the coffin from a silver Mercerdes SUV hearse.</p>.<p>They slowly walked up the stairs into the cathedral where Tutu preached for a decade.</p>.<p>Members of Tutu's family hugged and consoled each other in front of the church as the body arrived around 0810 AM (0610 GMT).</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/i-have-prepared-for-my-death-tutu-on-assisted-dying-1064895.html" target="_blank">'I have prepared for my death': Tutu on assisted dying</a></strong></p>.<p>The globally revered anti-apartheid icon died peacefully aged 90 on Sunday.</p>.<p>He is to be cremated and his ashes will be buried at the weekend.</p>.<p>Slightly under 2,000 ordinary South Africans of all races and ages filed past his closed coffin in southern Africa's oldest cathedral on Thursday, according to a church official.</p>.<p>Following a private cremation, Tutu's ashes will be interred inside the cathedral, whose bells have been pealing in his memory for 10 minutes at midday every day since Monday.</p>.<p>Tutu retired as Archbishop after 10 years in 1996 and went on to lead a harrowing journey into South Africa's dark past as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which exposed the horrors of apartheid in terrible detail.</p>.<p>South Africa is marking a week of mourning for Tutu, with the country's multi-coloured flag flying at half-mast nationwide and ceremonies taking place every day until the funeral.</p>.<p>Weakened by advanced age and prostate cancer, Tutu had retired from public life in recent years.</p>.<p>He is survived by his wife Leah and four children, and several grand and great grandchildren.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu lay in state on Friday for a second day, giving South Africans a final chance to pay tribute on the eve of his funeral.</p>.<p>A church band, which included a preschooler trumpeter, performed outside the church as the cortège pulled up to bring back the modest pinewood coffin containing one of the titans of South Africa's history.</p>.<p>Tutu's successor, Thabo Makgoba, waved a chalice of burning incense over the coffin before pallbearers -- including Anglican vicars -- took the coffin from a silver Mercerdes SUV hearse.</p>.<p>They slowly walked up the stairs into the cathedral where Tutu preached for a decade.</p>.<p>Members of Tutu's family hugged and consoled each other in front of the church as the body arrived around 0810 AM (0610 GMT).</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/i-have-prepared-for-my-death-tutu-on-assisted-dying-1064895.html" target="_blank">'I have prepared for my death': Tutu on assisted dying</a></strong></p>.<p>The globally revered anti-apartheid icon died peacefully aged 90 on Sunday.</p>.<p>He is to be cremated and his ashes will be buried at the weekend.</p>.<p>Slightly under 2,000 ordinary South Africans of all races and ages filed past his closed coffin in southern Africa's oldest cathedral on Thursday, according to a church official.</p>.<p>Following a private cremation, Tutu's ashes will be interred inside the cathedral, whose bells have been pealing in his memory for 10 minutes at midday every day since Monday.</p>.<p>Tutu retired as Archbishop after 10 years in 1996 and went on to lead a harrowing journey into South Africa's dark past as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which exposed the horrors of apartheid in terrible detail.</p>.<p>South Africa is marking a week of mourning for Tutu, with the country's multi-coloured flag flying at half-mast nationwide and ceremonies taking place every day until the funeral.</p>.<p>Weakened by advanced age and prostate cancer, Tutu had retired from public life in recent years.</p>.<p>He is survived by his wife Leah and four children, and several grand and great grandchildren.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>