Cuba releases image of box containing Fidel Castro's ashes

The urn containing the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared for the first time on Cuban television during a funeral ceremony by senior Cuban officials on November 28.

High-ranking Cuban officials pay their respects to leader Fidel Castro: On November 28, high-ranking Cuban officials attended the funeral of their great leader and signed an oath of allegiance to the revolutionary ideals in front of his ashes.

The urn containing Fidel Castro's ashes was shown on Cuban television for the first time late on November 28 during a private ceremony by his younger brother and successor, Cuban President Raul Castro, AFP reported.

A dark wooden rectangular box is placed inside the room at the Cuban Ministry of Armed Forces where the body of former great president Fidel Castro lies, in front of a black and white photo of him as a young man.

After announcing the passing of former President Fidel Castro on November 25, Raul Castro said the Cuban revolutionary icon would be cremated on the morning of November 26. However, the people had never seen this sacred box before.

Officials placed a white flower in front of the urn containing the great leader's ashes and signed an oath, pledging allegiance to President Fidel Castro's revolutionary ideals like many other Cubans.

After two days of funeral in the capital Havana, on November 30, the ashes of the legendary leader will begin their journey across the country from Havana to Santiago de Cuba, where he began the struggle to overthrow the Batista dictatorship in 1953 and finally won in 1959.

On December 4, the funeral will be held at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago, where Cuban national hero Jose Marti and many other high-ranking leaders in the history of the Caribbean island are buried.

According to ZIng.vn