After a four-day journey across Cuba, Fidel Castro's ashes were taken to a cemetery in the eastern city of Santiago.

  • Fidel Castro's ashes taken to cemetery in Santiago
  • Castro died Nov. 25 at 90

The Cuban military fired a 21-gun artillery salute Sunday morning to mark the start of funeral ceremonies for the former Cuban leader.

The interment will end the official 9-day mourning period. 

Thousands of people welcomed the leader's remains to shouts of "Fidel! I am Fidel!''

Castro died Nov. 25 at the age of 90.  

Late Saturday, Cuban President Raul Castro announced his government will prohibit the naming of streets or public monuments after his brother Fidel

The country's National Assembly would vote during its next session on the law, Castro said.

Several world leaders attended the ceremony including Bolivian President Evo Morales and former Brazilian presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva.
 
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.