Empty coffins and coffins with victims of the Kiss night club fire are laid out as relatives identify victims at the municipal gymnasium on Jan. 27, 2013 in Santa Maria.
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Relatives hold the hand of a victim, killed in the Kiss nightclub fire, as they pray and mourn at the municipal gymnasium in Santa Maria on Jan. 27, 2013.
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Relatives pray for a victim of the Kiss nightclub fire at the local cemetery on Jan. 27, 2013 in Santa Maria.
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Relatives wait to identify victims killed in the Kiss nightclub fire at a municipal gymnasium in Santa Maria on Jan. 27, 2013.
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Livia Oliveira, mother of a Kiss nightclub fire victim, kisses a coffin during a funeral at Santa Rita cementery in Santa Maria, on Jan. 28, 2013.
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Relatives of a Kiss night club fire victim pray and mourn over a coffin at the municipal gymnasium on Jan. 27, 2013 in Santa Maria.
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Relatives of a victim killed in the Kiss nightclub blaze carry a coffin at the municipal gymnasium on Jan. 28, 2013 in Santa Maria, Brazil.
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Relatives and friends of Tamise Cielo, one of the victims of the Kiss nightclub fire, gather around her coffin during the funeral at Santa Rita cemetery on Jan. 28, 2013.
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On Monday, the first of Brazil's Kiss nightclub funerals began before dawn. Hundreds of caskets were lined up for burial at a nearby gym.
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