jamboree

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The word Jamboree ( English ) is used internationally as a name for large camps for scouts . Outside the scouting movement, the term is also used for dance and music events, such as the "Summer Jamboree" in Senigallia , Italy. In square dance , the term is used for an annual or biannual meeting, as well as in the radio show Barn Dance Show .

The term "Jeep Jamboree" or "Jeepers Jamboree" is used to drive the Rubicon Trail . Both events take place on different dates.

Word origin and meaning

The etymology of the word, known in American English since 1868, is largely unclear. It is believed to have a connection with the verb to jam , which means to squeeze or to huddle together. Popular in the scout movement, but not yet scientifically proven, is the thesis that the term comes from an African language and means “peaceful meeting of all tribes”. Robert Baden-Powell brought the term with him from his service as a British soldier in Africa. This thesis is supported by the fact that other experiences that Baden-Powell had in Africa also flowed into his youth work.

In normal English usage, jamboree denotes an excessive celebration or feast. The word has almost disappeared from everyday language in this sense and is mostly used ironically .

Jamborees in the Boy Scout Movement

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Opening of the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford , UK

Although ten or more regional jamborees or jamborettes take place every year, the term is usually used to describe the World Scout Jamboree of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).

The first World Scout Jamboree took place in London in 1920 with 8,000 scouts from 27 countries under the direction of Robert Baden-Powell. Since then, jamborees organized by WOSM have taken place every four years. The number of participants in the 20th World Scout Jamboree 2002/2003 was 25,000. Only members of member associations of WOSM and of member associations of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) are allowed to participate if the respective national member association of WOSM agrees. Participants must be between 14 and 17 years old at the time of the Jamborees. However, the volunteers on the jamboree, as well as the leaders and supervisors of the various contingents, may also be older.

Because the World Scout Jamborees are limited to WOSM and WAGGGS members , other umbrella organizations of the scouting movement also organize jamborees, such as the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS), at whose jamboree 2002 in Skørping, Denmark , almost 2,000 scouts were represented .

List of World Scout Jamborees

Traditional flag of the Austrian Scout Association with the places and dates of the Jamborees up to 1951 (other international meetings are also listed)
year Surname place Attendees countries Remarks
1920 1st World Scout Jamboree Olympic Arena , London , England 8,000 34
1924 2nd World Scout Jamboree Ermelunden, Copenhagen , Denmark 4,549 34
1929 3rd World Scout Jamboree Arrowe Park, Birkenhead , England 50,000 73 Was the occasion of the 21st birthday of Scouting for Boys and the Scouting movement and Coming of Age Jamboree called
1933 4th World Scout Jamboree Gödöllő , Hungary 25,793
1937 5th World Scout Jamboree Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal , Netherlands 28,750 54
No jamborees were held during World War II .
1947 6th World Scout Jamboree Moisson , France 24,152 42 Also Jamboree of Peace called
1951 7th World Scout Jamboree Bad Ischl , Austria 12,884 73
1955 8th World Scout Jamboree Niagara-on-the-Lake , Ontario , Canada 11,139 71
1957 9th World Scout Jamboree Sutton Park , Sutton Coldfield , England 30,000 82 50th anniversary of the scout movement
1959 10th World Scout Jamboree Mount Makiling, Laguna , Philippines 12.203 44
1963 11th World Scout Jamboree Marathon , Greece 10,394 89
1967 12th World Scout Jamboree Farragut State Park, Idaho , USA 12,011
1971 13th World Scout Jamboree Asagiri Heights, Fujinomiya , Japan 23,758 87
1975 14th World Scout Jamboree Lake Mjosa , Lillehammer , Norway 17,259 91 also Nordjamb '75 called
1979 (15th World Scout Jamboree) Nishapur , Iran The jamboree was canceled due to the Islamic revolution . Instead, a worldwide World Jamboree Year was held.
1983 15th World Scout Jamboree Kananaskis Country, Calgary , Alberta , Canada 14,752 97
1987 16th World Scout Jamboree Sydney , New South Wales , Australia 13,434 98
1991 17th World Scout Jamboree Soraksan National Park , South Korea 20,000 135
1995 18th World Scout Jamboree Biddinghuizen ( Dronten municipality ), Flevoland , Netherlands 28,960 166
1998/99 19th World Scout Jamboree Picarquin , Chile 31,000 157
2002/03 20th World Scout Jamboree Sattahip , Thailand 24,000 147
2007 21st World Scout Jamboree Hylands Park , Chelmsford , England 40,000 158 100th anniversary of the scout movement
2011 22nd World Scout Jamboree Rinkaby , Sweden 40,061 143
2015 23rd World Scout Jamboree Kirarahama ( Yamaguchi City ), Japan 33,838 152
2019 24th World Scout Jamboree New River Gorge , West Virginia , USA 45,000 150
2023 25th World Scout Jamboree Saemangeum , Korea

Other Events

In addition to the four-yearly World Scout Jamborees , the World Scout Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) and the World Scout Jamboree On The Internet (JOTI) take place at the same time every year . In 1998, the Jamboree On The Trail (JOTT) was launched in North America as an international scout hiking day.

A comparable major event of the scout movement is the World Scout Moot , which is aimed at 18 to 26 year old rovers . The European Scout Jamboree is held at irregular intervals, mainly for European scouts .

Jamboree on the Air

The Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is a worldwide gathering of scouts with the help of amateur radio stations. It has taken place on the third full weekend in October since 1958. Together with the JOTI, it is the largest regular scout event with more than 750,000 participants. In the non-scouting area there is the field day as a similar event .

Jamboree on the Internet

The Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) is an international scout meeting on the Internet that takes place every year on the third full weekend in October. Based on the JOTA, scouts from all over the world meet this weekend to chat on the Internet. In doing so, they use a wide variety of techniques from Internet Relay Chat to e-mail contacts and Internet telephony to web browsers . In many places, the scouts meet not only virtually, but also at JOTA-JOTI events, which the respective scout organizations hold. Contacts made during the JOTI are often maintained for years afterwards. The JOTI has been a WOSM event since 1996 . Since many people around the world had to go into isolation in the course of the 2019/2020 coronavirus pandemic , the JOTI Special Edition was held from April 3 to 5, 2020 in order to enable scouts to be active as scouts even in times of isolation.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WFIS-Europe: Euroletter Edition 1 , February 22, 2007
  2. ↑ 22. World Scout Jamboree. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015 ; accessed on December 27, 2015 .
  3. ↑ scout.org
  4. ↑ 41th World Scout Conference: Korea will host the 25th World Scout Jamboree in 2023 (Engl.)
  5. ↑ World JOTA - JOTI Report 2011, page 20 (PDF; 6.7 MB)
  6. ↑ JOTI Special Edition | JOTI Special Edition 2020. Accessed April 4, 2020 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet are the official names according to the information provided by the organizer WOSM , see JOTA / JOTI homepage of WOSM . Retrieved October 10, 2015.