The funeral for Pele will take place on Monday and Tuesday.
Pele would next get a funeral procession through the city streets before a private burial ceremony, according to a statement issued by Pelé’s old team (Santos football club) on Thursday.
“The wake for the greatest footballer of all time will be held in Urbano Caldeira Stadium, better known as the Vila Belmiro, where he enchanted the world.”
On Monday morning, Pele’s casket will be carried from the Albert Einstein Hospital to Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Vila Belmiro and placed in the center of the field. Pele passed away on Thursday at the age of 82. The wake is scheduled to begin at 10am.
People who want to honor the King of Football in their final moments should enter through two separate gates from politicians and other officials.
According to a story in the Daily Mail UK, the celebration will last until 10 am on Tuesday, January 3, when the parade will pass through Santos’ streets.
It will travel past Canal 6, where Pele’s mother Celeste, who is 100 years old, resides, before arriving at the Ecumenical Necropolis Memorial for the exclusive family burial.
According to Daily Mail UK, the journalists will be allowed entry through gate 20 after registering in advance by email and reading the restrictions posted on the club’s official website.
