On Friday, religious leaders and traditional healers gathered for an early morning interfaith prayer service to mark one year anniversary of Nelson Mandela's death.
At Pretoria's Freedom Park, the religious leaders decked in beaded necklaces and in leopard print, and in the collars of the clergy, gathered around a circle of boulders inside the amphitheater.
Traditional healers circled the rocks pouring Vodka, red wine and soft drink over them.
It was an offering, said healer Thobela Kentane; "This is what we used to do to engage with our ancestors and seek guidance from them.
"This is a sacred place. A spiritual place where all heroes and heroines from the liberation are put to rest.
A Place to represent all African people and honour them as freedom fighters, a place to pounder Mandela's message of peace." said researcher Kgomotso Lekalakala.
The former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, diied on December 5 last year after a long illness.
He was buried on December 15 at Qunu, his ancestral village in Eastern Cape region.
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