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World Scout Jamboree
Scouts at the 22nd World Scout Jamboree
OwnerWorld Organization of the Scout Movement
Date1920
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The World Scout Jamboree is a Scouting jamboree of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, typically attended by several tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world, aged 14 to 17.

The first World Scout Jamboree was organized by The Boy Scout Association in London. With exceptions for the war years, it has been organized approximately every four years, in the more recent years by the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), in different locations over the world. The 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007 was held in Hylands Park, Essex, United Kingdom, and celebrated the Centenary of Scouting. The 22nd World Scout Jamboree was at Rinkaby in Sweden from 27 July 2011 to 8 August 2011, the 23rd World Scout Jamboree was at Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi City in Japan - it opened on 28 July 2015, and closed 8 August 2015.[1] The next World Scout Jamboree will be in United States from 22 July 2019 - 2 August 2019.[2]

Terminology

In lexicography, "Jamboree" is considered an Americanism that traces back to 1860–65 and refers to a joyful, noisy gathering.[3] The term is believed to originate from the words jabber (rapid, indistinct talk) and shivaree (noisy celebration), with "m" from jam (crowd).[4]

History

While World Scout Jamboree is the expression used by the World Organization of the Scout Movement,[5] other organizations held events called "jamborees" for their members.

The Scouting program became an international success following its founding by Robert Baden-Powell in 1907. With its continuing growth, the founder of the movement saw a need for a gathering of representatives of Scouting from all around the world. The general aim was to foster a worldwide brotherhood, and to help the young Scouts in the movement learn about other peoples and nations by direct interaction with them.

The idea of organizing such periodical international gatherings was originally conveyed to Baden-Powell by the General Chief of the Scouts of Greece, Konstantinos ("Kokos") Melas, during the 1918 international Scout meeting, in England.[6][7]Captain Melas proposed the gatherings should repeat every four years, in the same way Olympic Games were held in Ancient Greece. The suggestion was accepted with enthusiasm by Baden-Powell, who named the gatherings "Jamborees".

It was in 1920 that the first World Scout Jamboree was realized, held in the Olympia halls in Kensington, London. Symbolically, the Jamboree site bore the name of the birthplace of the Olympic Games, Olympia. 8,000 Scouts from 34 countries attended the event.

Cartoon in Punch, published in 1929 for the 3rd World Scout Jamboree

Thereafter, a Jamboree has been held every four years. There are two exceptions to this: no Jamboree was held between 1937 and 1947 because of the Second World War, and the 1979 Jamboree, which was to be held in Iran, was cancelled due to the political upheaval in the region at that time. The Jamboree has been held in different countries around the world. The first seven Jamborees were held in Europe. The eighth World Jamboree was held in North America where the tradition of moving the Jamboree among the continents began. As yet, Africa has not hosted a jamboree.

To replace the cancelled event of 1979, the World Scout Committee determined that an alternative celebration, the World Jamboree Year should take place. Several regional camps took place, such as the 12th Australian/4th Asia-Pacific Jamboree, held in Perth, Western Australia, along with countless Join-in-Jamboree activities — designed to allow Scouts from around the world to participate in an activity that thousands of other Scouts around the world were also participating in at the same time. This Join-in programme was reproduced again as part of the Scouting 2007 Centenary celebrations.

So far, the greatest attendance of all Jamborees was in 2011, where over 40,000 members from around the world descended upon Rinkaby in Sweden. This number represented the permanent contingent who remained for the entire event. They were joined by hundreds of thousands of visiting Scouts who participated on a day basis.

The first Jamboree was more akin to an exhibition of Scouting, allowing visitors to see how things were done in other parts of the world. The Second Jamboree was conducted on a camp basis and each successive Jamboree has developed on this format where the programme is typically more activity oriented, with plenty of time for Scouts from different nations to interact and learn about each other in less formal ways than an exhibition would allow.

The 2007 Jamboree coincided with the Scouting Centenary celebrations. Because of this, the honour of hosting the event was again bestowed upon the United Kingdom, as the birthplace of Scouting. Over 40,000 young people camped in August at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex. Hundreds of thousands of day visitors attended events in the south-east of England as part of the Jamboree.

The following Jamboree was held at Rinkaby in Sweden, opening on 27 July 2011, followed in 2015 by Japan, and the Jamboree in 2019 will be at The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia.

Related world-wide events

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JOTA/JOTI 2006 Logo

Jamboree on the Air

Main article: Jamboree on the Air

Jamboree on the Air, usually referred to as JOTA, is an international Scouting and Guiding activity held annually on the third full weekend in October. The event was first held in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of Scouting in 1957, and was devised by radio amateur operator Leslie R. Mitchell who used the callsign G3BHK. It is now considered the largest event organized by the WOSM annually.[8]

Scouts talking on the radio during Jamboree On The Air

Amateur radio operators from all over the world participate with over 500,000 Scouts and Guides to teach them about radio and to assist them to contact their fellow Scouts and Guides by means of amateur radio and since 2004, by the VOIP-based Echolink. Scouts and Guides are also encouraged to send paper or electronic confirmations known as "QSL cards", or "eQSLs" when they are sent electronically. This provides the Scouts and Guides with a means of learning about fellow Scouts and Guides from around the world. It is an adjunct to the World Scout Jamboree.

The event is recognized as one of international participation by the various Scout and Guide organisations, and supports several awards which are a part of Scouting and Guiding programmes.[citation needed]

Jamboree on the Internet

Main article: Jamboree on the Internet
Scouts at their computers during Jamboree on the Internet

Jamboree on the Internet, known by its acronym JOTI, is an international Scouting activity held annually. Participants, through the use of designated Chats from all over the world, can contact their fellow Scouts by means of the Internet. Common communication methods include ScoutLink (IRC), e-mail, and VOIP. This provides the Scouts with a means of learning about fellow Scouts from around the world. JOTI operates alongside JOTA (Jamboree on the Air) and is an official event of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

JOTI was pioneered in 1995 by Queanbeyan Rovers whilst one Rover, Norvan Vogt was on a student exchange in the Netherlands, with the home crew in Australia co-ordinated by Brett Sheffield. They connected Putten, Netherlands and Queanbeyan, Australia with dedicated IRC servers.[9] In November 1996 the World Scout Committee, noting that Scouting already had a considerable presence on the Internet, and that there was already an informal and rapidly growing Jamboree on the Internet, decided that JOTI should become an official international Scouting event, and that it should be held on the same weekend as the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA).[citation needed]

JOTI Radio Logo

2011 saw the first ever 'JOTI Radio' station, a broadcast internet radio station based in the UK to provide entertainment for the JOTI weekend, which had live interviews from Scouts all over the world, the team that lead JOTI Radio are made up of the 'Avon Scout Radio' team, which are a County Active Support Unit for Avon Scouts and provide broadcast radio services within the Scouting movement worldwide.. JOTI Radio is now part of the annual JOTA/JOTI weekend.[citation needed]

Jamboree on the Trail

Main article: Jamboree on the Trail
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JOTT 2006 logo

Following on the idea of the Join-in events from the World Jamboree Year, Jamboree on the Trail (or JOTT),[10] is a co-ordinated event where Scouts around the world simultaneously participate in local hikes. It takes place on an annual basis on the 2nd Saturday in May.

This type of event allows Scouts to take part in activities at the same time as other Scouts, promoting the idea of the Scouting brotherhood. Participants are awarded a JOTT badge as a recognition of having participated in this worldwide event.

Smaller events

There are up to ten smaller Jamboree (or Jamborette) events held each year around the world. This includes Regional Jamborees, which are held every three years in their areas of the world. Scouts from outside these regions are invited, but attendance is generally lower (for example, the EuroJam 2005 event hosted 10,000 Scouts, mostly from Europe).

National associations, and sub-national groups, also organise a number of events, such as the WINGS event and KIJ, which is organised by a County level body.

List of events

Year[11] Event Location Host Country Theme/Name Dates Attendance Countries Attended
1920 1st World Scout Jamboree London  United Kingdom Develop World Peace[12] July 30, 1920–
August 8, 1920[13]		 8,000 34
1924 2nd World Scout Jamboree Ermelunden  Denmark World Citizenship[12] August 10, 1924–
August 17, 1924?[14][15]		 4,549 32
1929 3rd World Scout Jamboree Upton, Merseyside  United Kingdom Coming of Age July 31, 1929–
August 13, 1929[16][17]		 30,000[18] 69
1933 4th World Scout Jamboree Gödöllő  Hungary Face New Adventures[12] August 2, 1933–
August 15, 1933		 25,792 33
1937 5th World Scout Jamboree Bloemendaal[19]  Netherlands Lead Happy Lives[12] July 31, 1937–
August 9, 1937[20][21][22][23]		 28,750 54
1947 6th World Scout Jamboree Moisson  France Jamboree of Peace August 9, 1947–
August 20, 1947[24]		 24,152 71
1951 7th World Scout Jamboree Bad Ischl  Austria Jamboree of Simplicity August 3, 1951–
August 13, 1951[25]		 12,884 61
1955 8th World Scout Jamboree Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario  Canada New Horizons August 18, 1955–
August 28, 1955[26][27]		 11,139 71
1957 9th World Scout Jamboree Sutton Park, Warwickshire  United Kingdom 50th Anniversary of Scouting August 1, 1957–
August 12, 1957[28]		 31,426 82
1959 10th World Scout Jamboree Los Baños, Laguna  Philippines Building Tomorrow Today July 17, 1959–
July 26, 1959[29]		 12,203 44
1963 11th World Scout Jamboree Marathon  Greece Higher and Wider August 1, 1963–

August 11, 1963[30]

11,398 89
1967 12th World Scout Jamboree Farragut State Park, Idaho  United States For Friendship August 1, 1967–
August 9, 1967[31]		 12,011 105
1971 13th World Scout Jamboree Fujinomiya, Shizuoka  Japan For Understanding August 2, 1971–
August 10, 1971[32]		 23,758 87
1975 14th World Scout Jamboree Lillehammer  Norway[33] Five Fingers, One Hand July 29, 1975–
August 5, 1975[34][35]		 17,259 91
1979 (15th World Scout Jamboree) Nishapur  Iran July 15, 1979–
July 23, 1979[36]		 cancelled
1983 15th World Scout Jamboree Kananaskis, Alberta  Canada The Spirit Lives On July 5, 1983–
July 15, 1983[12]		 14,752 106
1987–1988 16th World Scout Jamboree Sydney  Australia Bringing the World Together December 31, 1987–
January 7, 1988		 14,434 84
1991 17th World Scout Jamboree Seoraksan National Park  South Korea Many Lands, One World August 8, 1991–
August 16, 1991[12]		 19,083 135
1995 18th World Scout Jamboree Dronten  Netherlands Future is Now August 1, 1995–
August 11, 1995[12]		 28,960 166
1998–1999 19th World Scout Jamboree Picarquín  Chile Building Peace Together December 27, 1998–
January 6, 1999		 31,534 157
2002–2003 20th World Scout Jamboree Sattahip  Thailand Share our World, Share our Cultures December 28, 2002–
January 8, 2003		 24,000 147
2007 21st World Scout Jamboree Chelmsford, Essex  United Kingdom One World, One Promise
Scouting Centenary		 July 28, 2007–
August 8, 2007		 37,868 155
2011 22nd World Scout Jamboree Kristianstad  Sweden Simply Scouting July 27, 2011–
August 7, 2011		 40,061 146
2015 23rd World Scout Jamboree Kirarahama, Yamaguchi  Japan A Spirit of Unity July 28, 2015–
August 8, 2015[37]		 33,628 155
2019[38] 24th World Scout Jamboree Glen Jean, West Virginia  United States[note 1] Unlock a New World[39] July 22, 2019–
August 2, 2019[40]
2023 25th World Scout Jamboree Saemangeum  South Korea[41] Draw Your Dream[41]
  1. ^ to be hosted with Canada and Mexico

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Scout Jamboree.

References

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  2. ^ "24th World Scout Jamboree". www.2019wsj.org. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
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  18. ^ Official Photobook 23rd World Scout Jamboree, Japan
  19. ^ Main camp at Vogelenzang and Sea Scout camp at Bennebroek, now both part of the municipality Bloemendaal
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  33. ^ Co-hosted with Denmark , Finland, Iceland , and Sweden
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  38. ^ Wendell, Bryan (13 January 2011). "The Summit will host the 2019 World Scout Jamboree".
  39. ^ Kurzbericht über den Verlauf der 39. World Scout Conference (WSC) in Curitiba (Brasilien) (German)
  40. ^ Summit Bechtel Reserve (7 August 2015). "2019 World Scout Jamboree" – via YouTube.
  41. ^ a b "sae man guem, korea 2023" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-07-25.

External links

World Scout Jamboree Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet Jamboree on the Trail
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