Fans stage ‘burial’ for Brazil after World Cup exit

Yesterday, three little children, each carrying a single hibiscus flower, walked quietly through the May Pen Cemetery between rows of graves, before stopping at a makeshift resting place – their flowers not for a lost loved one – but for Brazil.

After the South American giants were knocked out of the World Cup by Norway in the round of 16 on Sunday, a mock burial was staged by football fans. The burial went viral, and even on Monday, people drove past the cemetery asking where the gravesite was. Among those who helped with the unusual burial was Clifton Thomas, better known as ‘Ballie’.

“I’m not a official worker but I help the boss with anything him want help with around the place (the cemetery),” he told THE STAR.