Soccer fans line up to attend the funeral procession of late Brazilian soccer legend Pele at Vila Belmiro stadium where his wake was held in Santos, Brazil, early Tuesday.

In Pics: A joyous, tearful goodbye to football legend Pele

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Brazil bid a final farewell to Pele on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his respects at Vila Belmiro, the stadium where Pele played for most of his career.

In Pics: A Joyous, Tearful Goodbye To Football Legend Pele

People watch the funeral procession of Brazilian soccer great Pele pass by the home of Pele's mother, where members of his family stand on the balcony, as his remains are taken from Vila Belmiro stadium to the cemetery in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.

People hold a banner of the late Brazilian soccer great Pele along the route of his funeral procession from Vila Belmiro stadium to the cemetery in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.

Maria Lucia Nascimento, the sister of the late Brazilian soccer great Pele, signals a heart to people gathered outside her mother's home, during Pele's funeral procession from Vila Belmiro stadium to the cemetery in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.

People pray outside the home of the mother of Brazilian soccer great Pele during his funeral procession from Vila Belmiro stadium, where he laid in state, to the cemetery in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.

A fan waves a Santos FC soccer club flag along the route of the funeral procession for late Brazilian soccer great Pele, from Vila Belmiro stadium to the cemetery, in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.

The casket of late Brazilian soccer great Pele is draped in the Brazilian and Santos FC soccer club flags as his remains are transported on a firetruck from Vila Belmiro stadium, where he laid in state, to the cemetery during his funeral procession in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gives condolences to Marcia Aoki, widow of the late Brazilian soccer player Pele, during a wake at Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.

A soccer fan rests after paying his last respects to the late Brazilian soccer great Pele who lies in state at Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, Brazil, early on Tuesday.

The remains of late Brazilian soccer great Pele are carried into Necropole Ecumenica Memorial Cemetery at the end of his funeral procession in Santos, Brazil on Tuesday.

Brazilian soccer great Pele lies in state at Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, Brazil on Monday.