A Fine Community Effort

Series

Series Name
Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue

Issue No.
60
Date Released
1957
Length of issue (in feet)
924
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: Sir Robert Tredgold lays the Foundation Stone of a new Hindu Community Hall in Salisbury.
Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - Salisbury’s Hindus are now building a new Community Hall. Arriving to lay the foundation stone Sir Robert Tredgold was garlanded and greeted with a dance of welcome. This was performed by children of the Salisbury Hindu School who scattered rose petals.
Mr. J. B. Patel said the new Community Hall would cost 50 thousands pounds, 30 thousand of which had already been collected. The Acting Governor General officially laid the stone. Then much as Europeans might break a bottle of Champagne, a Hindu Priest broke a coconut over the stone. This was followed by a most charming traditional Indian dance, the dance of the Lights. The symbolic significance of the little candles is that the new Hall will lighten and brighten the way to the greater culture and knowledge of Salisbury’s Indian Community.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Customs and traditions; Ceremonies
Written sources
bund   BUND No.107933 - used for synopsis
Credits:
Production Co.
Central African Film Unit
Length of story (in feet)
102

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'A Fine Community Effort', Rhodesian Spotlight Issue No. 60, 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/351848 (Accessed 05 Apr 2026)