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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. At the jamboree, many scouts swap badges or neckerchiefs.

The first World Scout Jamboree was organized by The Scout Association in London. With exceptions for the World War years and the Iranian Revolution, it has been organized approximately every four years, and in the more recent years has been organised by the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), in different locations over the world. The 25th World Scout Jamboree was held in South Korea in 2023.

In lexicography, "Jamboree" is considered an Americanism that traces back to 1860–65 and refers to a joyful, noisy gathering.[1] The term is believed to originate from the words jabber (rapid, indistinct talk) and shivaree (noisy celebration), with "m" from jam (crowd).[2]

History

While World Scout Jamboree is the expression used by the World Organization of the Scout Movement,[3] 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.[4][5] 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".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.

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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.

The greatest attendance of all Jamborees was in 2019, where over 45,000 members experienced a Jamboree in West Virginia, US. 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 16th World Scout Jamboree went to the Southern Hemisphere for the first time, in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

The 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007 was held in Hylands Park, Essex, United Kingdom, and celebrated the Centenary of Scouting. 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 22nd World Scout Jamboree was at Rinkaby, Sweden from 27 July to 8 August 2011; the 23rd World Scout Jamboree was at Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi City, Japan from 28 July to 8 August 2015;[6] the 24th World Scout Jamboree was at The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia, United States, from 22 July to 2 August 2019.[7]

The 25th World Scout Jamboree was at Saemangeum in South Korea from 2 to 12 August 2023. It was accompanied by great heat from the beginning, several contingents, including British and American, therefore left the camp.[8][9][10] On August 7, the Korean government decided to end the jamboree in Saemangeum early and to evacuate the participants to Seoul, the heat wave was to be replaced by a tropical storm. The jamboree program continued in the capital city of Seoul, with participants staying at various locations throughout the city, including military bases and universities. The closing ceremony was held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, which hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[11]

The 26th World Scout Jamboree will be held in 2027 at Sobieszowo Island near Gdańsk in Poland. The 27th World Scout Jamboree will be held in 2031 at Silkeborg, Denmark.[12]

Related world-wide events

Jamboree on the Air

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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.

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Jamboree on the Internet

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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.[14] 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).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Jamboree on the Trail

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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.

Events

Year[3] Event Location Host Country Theme/Name Dates Attendance Countries/
regions
Attended
1920 1st World Scout Jamboree London Template:Country data United Kingdom Develop World Peace[16] Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[17]		 8,000 34
1924 2nd World Scout Jamboree Ermelunden Template:Country data Denmark World Citizenship[16] Template:Dts–
Template:Dts?[18][19]		 4,549 32
1929 3rd World Scout Jamboree Arrowe Park, Upton, Birkenhead Template:Country data United Kingdom Coming of Age
(21st Anniversary of Scouting)		 Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[20][21]		 50,000[22] 69
1933 4th World Scout Jamboree Gödöllő Template:Country data Hungary Face New Adventures[16] Template:Dts–
Template:Dts		 25,792 33
1937 5th World Scout Jamboree Bloemendaal[23] Template:Country data Netherlands Lead Happy Lives[16] Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[24][25][26][27]		 28,750 54
1941 (6th World Scout Jamboree) Template:Country data France[28] Cancelled due to World War II
1947 6th World Scout Jamboree Moisson Template:Country data France Jamboree of Peace Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[29]		 24,152 71
1951 7th World Scout Jamboree Bad Ischl Template:Country data Austria Jamboree of Simplicity Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[30]		 12,884 61
1955 8th World Scout Jamboree Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Template:Country data Canada New Horizons Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[31][32]		 11,139 71
1957 9th World Scout Jamboree Sutton Park, Warwickshire Template:Country data United Kingdom Jubilee Jamboree
(50th Anniversary of Scouting)		 Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[33]		 31,426 82
1959 10th World Scout Jamboree Los Baños, Laguna Template:Country data Philippines Building Tomorrow Today Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[34]		 12,203 44
1963 11th World Scout Jamboree Marathon Template:Country data Greece Higher and Wider Template:Dts–

Template:Dts[35]

11,398 89
1967 12th World Scout Jamboree Farragut State Park, Idaho Template:Country data United States For Friendship Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[36]		 12,011 105
1971 13th World Scout Jamboree Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Template:Country data Japan For Understanding Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[37]		 23,758 87
1975 14th World Scout Jamboree Lillehammer Template:Country data NorwayTemplate:Efn Five Fingers, One Hand Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[38][39]		 17,259 91
1979 (15th World Scout Jamboree) Nishapur Template:Country data Iran Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[40]		 cancelled
1983 15th World Scout Jamboree Kananaskis, Alberta Template:Country data Canada The Spirit Lives On Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[16]		 14,752 106
1987–1988 16th World Scout Jamboree Sydney Template:Country data Australia Bringing the World Together Template:Dts–
Template:Dts		 14,434 84
1991 17th World Scout Jamboree Seoraksan National Park, Gangwon Template:Country data South Korea Many Lands, One World Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[16]		 19,083 135
1995 18th World Scout Jamboree Dronten Template:Country data Netherlands Future is Now Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[16]		 28,960 166
1998–1999 19th World Scout Jamboree Picarquín Template:Country data Chile Building Peace Together Template:Dts–
Template:Dts		 31,534 157
2002–2003 20th World Scout Jamboree Sattahip Template:Country data Thailand Share our World, Share our Cultures Template:Dts–
Template:Dts		 24,000 147
2007 21st World Scout Jamboree Chelmsford, Essex Template:Country data United Kingdom One World, One Promise
Scouting Centenary		 Template:Dts–
Template:Dts		 37,868 155
2011 22nd World Scout Jamboree Kristianstad Template:Country data Sweden Simply Scouting Template:Dts–
Template:Dts		 40,061 146
2015 23rd World Scout Jamboree Kirarahama, Yamaguchi Template:Country data Japan A Spirit of Unity Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[41]		 33,628 155
2019 24th World Scout Jamboree Glen Jean, West Virginia Template:Country data United StatesTemplate:Efn Unlock a New World Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[42][43][44]		 41,559[45] 124[46]
2023 25th World Scout Jamboree Saemangeum, North Jeolla / Seoul Template:Country data South Korea Draw Your Dream Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[47]		 43,281 158
2027 26th World Scout Jamboree Gdańsk Template:Country data Poland[48][49] Bravely Template:Dts–
Template:Dts [50]
2031 27th World Scout Jamboree Silkeborg Template:Country data Denmark [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60] Template:Dts–
Template:Dts[51]

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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

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