Cuba will observe nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro, including a three-day journey by his ashes along the route taken by the rebel army he led on a victorious march across the island in 1959. It said Cubans can show their respects for Castro beginning at 9 a.m. Monday at the Havana memorial to national hero Jose Marti, a poet and leader of Cuba’s 19th century fight for independence from Spain. Cubans will be able to “pay homage and sign the solemn oath of fulfilling the concept of revolution . as an expression of the will to continue Castro’s ideas and our socialism,” the committee said. Officials say Castro will be cremated, but offer no details about how or when.

Source: thestar November 26, 2016 18:27 UTC