MEXICO-COLOMBIA-LITERATURE-GARCIA MARQUEZ-DEATH-TRIBUTE

MEXICO-COLOMBIA-LITERATURE-GARCIA MARQUEZ-DEATH-TRIBUTE

A woman touches the urn containing his ashes of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, during a tribute paid to him at the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City on April 21, 2014. Mexico bids farewell Monday to its favorite adoptive son, Garcia Marquez, with a national tribute filled with the late Nobel winner’s favorite music and roses. Garcia Marquez, who died in Mexico City on Thursday aged 87, will be eulogized in the domed Bellas Artes Palace, a cultural centre where Mexico pays tributes to its late artistic icons. AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT