Pelé Buried at Cemetery in Brazilian City He Made Famous

Pelé was buried in his final resting place Tuesday as millions of fans in Brazil and around the world mourned the sports legend.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the recently-elected president, paid tribute at Vila Belmiro, the venue where Pelé spent the most of his playing days.

In the city where he was born, raised, and helped establish as the world's sports capital, Pelé was being laid to rest. Before the black coffin was driven through the streets of Santos on a firetruck, Mass was said in the Vila Belmiro stadium.

As it was being carried into the cemetery, musicians performed the anthem for the Santos squad and a Catholic hymn. Attendees chanted samba tunes that Pelé enjoyed before the golden-wrapped casket came.

Some legends of Pelé's sport weren't there.

"Where's Ronaldo Nazario? Where's Kaká, where's Neymar?" asked Claudionor Alves, 67, who works at a bakery next to the stadium. "Do they think they will be remembered like Pelé will? These guys didn't want to stop their vacations, that's the problem."

Jair Bolsonaro, whose presidency ended on December 31, was another noticeable absence. He skipped the traditional obligation of handing the presidential sash to Lula the day before by leaving the nation's capital, Brasilia, on a trip to Florida. Bolsonaro has been captured on camera conversing with neighbours while residing in a condominium development outside of Orlando.

The 17-year-old Geovana Sarmento waited in a three-hour line to see his corpse as it lay in state of repose. Her father, who was wearing a Brazil shirt with Pelé's name on it, accompanied her