House of Pacific Relations - Hall of Nations
Cluster of nineteen thirty-five exposition cottages hosting weekend folk dance and lawn performances by dozens of resident cultures.
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This guide to the House of Pacific Relations Hall of Nations in Balboa Park, San Diego, traces the row of cottages built for the nineteen thirty-five California Pacific International Exposition, when sixteen nations each got a small house to show off their culture. You'll hear how the navy used the cottages as quarters for non-commissioned officers during the second world war, and how the dancing returned once the fighting ended. It follows the shared Hall of Nations behind you, where groups without a cottage of their own rotate through five-hour Sunday shifts, and the story of a divided country whose two peoples still keep house together in a single building.
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