Guests Reportedly Offered Blood in Ritual at Mandela Funeral; Icon Hailed as 'Fountain of Wisdom, Pillar of Strength'

South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, was laid to rest on Sunday in an eclectic collision of old and new world pomp which left his people in tears as elders from his Xhosa tribe reportedly offered blood from a slaughtered ox to guests in a traditional ritual.

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