Tens of thousands of Filipinos lined the streets of Manila to see the coffin carrying former leader Corazon Aquino make its way through the capital Monday, in an emotional procession to the city's cathedral.
Aquino, whose husband was assassinated by forces loyal to dictator Ferdinand Marcos after returning home from exile in 1983, died at the weekend following a battle with cancer and is to be buried on Wednesday.
There has been a massive outpouring of tributes for the woman fondly called Tita, or Auntie, Cory, a grandmotherly figure credited with restoring democracy to the nation.
Traffic ground to a halt and confetti rained down from office blocks as people from all walks of life braved intermittent rain to get near Aquino's coffin, lying on a bed of yellow flowers atop an open truck that slowly made its way through the Makati financial district.
