Anti-apartheid hero Mandela laid to rest in his childhood village . Funeral and burial ended 10 days of mourning for South Africa 's first black president . Mandela had a canny knack of building relationships and among those at his funeral were those who represented the old apartheid order . More than 4,000 people gathered at Nelson Mandela 's funeral service in a tent in the South Africa 's hills . His family told CNN 's Nelson Mandela they believed his spirit was now at home .
Anti-apartheid hero Mandela laid to rest in his childhood village . Funeral and burial ended 10 days of mourning for South Africa 's first black president . More than 4,000 people gathered at Nelson Mandela 's funeral service in a tent in the South Africa 's hills . His family told CNN 's Nelson Mandela they believed his spirit was now at home .