jamboree
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
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
year | Surname | place | Attendees | countries | Remarks |
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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
- World Scout Moot , world meeting of the rover stage
Web links
- Etymology (English)
- Historical overview, development and summaries
- Website of the German contingent for the World Scout Jamboree 2015
- Website of the Austrian contingent for the World Scout Jamboree 2011 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Information on JOTA and JOTI
- Jamborees from an Austrian perspective until 2007 (PDF)
- Website of the Jamborees on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet
Individual evidence
- ↑ WFIS-Europe: Euroletter Edition 1 , February 22, 2007
- ↑ 22. World Scout Jamboree. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015 ; accessed on December 27, 2015 .
- ↑ scout.org
- ↑ 41th World Scout Conference: Korea will host the 25th World Scout Jamboree in 2023 (Engl.)
- ↑ World JOTA - JOTI Report 2011, page 20 (PDF; 6.7 MB)
- ↑ JOTI Special Edition | JOTI Special Edition 2020. Accessed April 4, 2020 .
Remarks
- ↑ 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.