World Scout Jamboree - wikipedia World Scout Jamboree World Scout Jamboree Scouts at the 22nd World Scout Jamboree Owner World Organization of the Scout Movement Date 1920 Scouting portal 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. The next World Scout Jamboree will be in United States from 22 July 2019 - 2 August 2019. Contents 1 Terminology 2 History 3 Related world - wide events 3.1 Jamboree on the Air 3.2 Jamboree on the Internet 3.3 Jamboree on the Trail 4 Smaller events 5 List of events 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Terminology In lexicography, `` Jamboree '' is considered an Americanism that traces back to 1860 -- 65 and refers to a joyful, noisy gathering. The term is believed to originate from the words jabber ( rapid, indistinct talk ) and shivaree ( noisy celebration ), with `` m '' from jam ( crowd ). History While World Scout Jamboree is the expression used by the World Organization of the Scout Movement, 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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 ). 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, in its initial year organised by Scout Radio the National Broadcast Radio team for the UK in conjunction with local Scouters who later formed Avon Scout Radio who now run JOTI Radio with the support of Scout Radio. JOTI Radio is now part of the annual JOTA / JOTI weekend. Jamboree on the Trail Main article : Jamboree on the Trail JOTT 2006 logo Following on the idea of the Join - in events from the World Jamboree Year, Jamboree on the Trail ( or JOTT ), 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 Event Location Host Country Theme / Name Dates Attendance Countries Attended 1920 1st World Scout Jamboree London United Kingdom Develop World Peace 000000001920 - 07 - 30 - 0000 July 30, 1920 -- 000000001920 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 1920 8,000 34 1924 2nd World Scout Jamboree Ermelunden Denmark World Citizenship 000000001924 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1924 -- 000000001924 - 08 - 17 - 0000 August 17, 1924 ? 4,549 32 1929 3rd World Scout Jamboree Upton, Merseyside United Kingdom Coming of Age 000000001929 - 07 - 31 - 0000 July 31, 1929 -- 000000001929 - 08 - 13 - 0000 August 13, 1929 30,000 69 1933 4th World Scout Jamboree Gödöllő Hungary Face New Adventures 000000001933 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 1933 -- 000000001933 - 08 - 15 - 0000 August 15, 1933 25,792 33 1937 5th World Scout Jamboree Bloemendaal Netherlands Lead Happy Lives 000000001937 - 07 - 31 - 0000 July 31, 1937 -- 000000001937 - 08 - 09 - 0000 August 9, 1937 28,750 54 1947 6th World Scout Jamboree Moisson France Jamboree of Peace 000000001947 - 08 - 09 - 0000 August 9, 1947 -- 000000001947 - 08 - 20 - 0000 August 20, 1947 24,152 71 1951 7th World Scout Jamboree Bad Ischl Austria Jamboree of Simplicity 000000001951 - 08 - 03 - 0000 August 3, 1951 -- 000000001951 - 08 - 13 - 0000 August 13, 1951 12,884 61 1955 8th World Scout Jamboree Niagara - on - the - Lake, Ontario Canada New Horizons 000000001955 - 08 - 18 - 0000 August 18, 1955 -- 000000001955 - 08 - 28 - 0000 August 28, 1955 11,139 71 1957 9th World Scout Jamboree Sutton Park, Warwickshire United Kingdom 50th Anniversary of Scouting 000000001957 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 1, 1957 -- 000000001957 - 08 - 12 - 0000 August 12, 1957 31,426 82 1959 10th World Scout Jamboree Los Baños, Laguna Philippines Building Tomorrow Today 000000001959 - 07 - 17 - 0000 July 17, 1959 -- 000000001959 - 07 - 26 - 0000 July 26, 1959 12,203 44 1963 11th World Scout Jamboree Marathon Greece Higher and Wider 000000001963 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 1, 1963 -- 000000001963 - 08 - 11 - 0000 August 11, 1963 11,398 89 1967 12th World Scout Jamboree Farragut State Park, Idaho United States For Friendship 000000001967 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 1, 1967 -- 000000001967 - 08 - 09 - 0000 August 9, 1967 12,011 105 1971 13th World Scout Jamboree Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Japan For Understanding 000000001971 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 1971 -- 000000001971 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1971 23,758 87 14th World Scout Jamboree Lillehammer Norway Five Fingers, One Hand 000000001975 - 07 - 29 - 0000 July 29, 1975 -- 000000001975 - 08 - 05 - 0000 August 5, 1975 17,259 91 1979 ( 15th World Scout Jamboree ) Nishapur Iran 000000001979 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 1979 -- 000000001979 - 07 - 23 - 0000 July 23, 1979 cancelled 15th World Scout Jamboree Kananaskis, Alberta Canada The Spirit Lives On 000000001983 - 07 - 05 - 0000 July 5, 1983 -- 000000001983 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 1983 14,752 106 1987 -- 1988 16th World Scout Jamboree Sydney Australia Bringing the World Together 000000001987 - 12 - 31 - 0000 December 31, 1987 -- 000000001988 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1988 14,434 84 1991 17th World Scout Jamboree Seoraksan National Park South Korea Many Lands, One World 000000001991 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 1991 -- 000000001991 - 08 - 16 - 0000 August 16, 1991 19,083 135 1995 18th World Scout Jamboree Dronten Netherlands Future is Now 000000001995 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 1, 1995 -- 000000001995 - 08 - 11 - 0000 August 11, 1995 28,960 166 1998 -- 1999 19th World Scout Jamboree Picarquín Chile Building Peace Together 000000001998 - 12 - 27 - 0000 December 27, 1998 -- 000000001999 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1999 31,534 157 2002 -- 2003 20th World Scout Jamboree Sattahip Thailand Share our World, Share our Cultures 000000002002 - 12 - 28 - 0000 December 28, 2002 -- 000000002003 - 01 - 08 - 0000 January 8, 2003 24,000 147 2007 21st World Scout Jamboree Chelmsford, Essex United Kingdom One World, One Promise Scouting Centenary 000000002007 - 07 - 28 - 0000 July 28, 2007 -- 000000002007 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 2007 37,868 155 2011 22nd World Scout Jamboree Kristianstad Sweden Simply Scouting 000000002011 - 07 - 27 - 0000 July 27, 2011 -- 000000002011 - 08 - 07 - 0000 August 7, 2011 40,061 146 2015 23rd World Scout Jamboree Kirarahama, Yamaguchi Japan A Spirit of Unity 000000002015 - 07 - 28 - 0000 July 28, 2015 -- 000000002015 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 2015 33,628 155 2019 24th World Scout Jamboree Glen Jean, West Virginia United States Unlock a New World 000000002019 - 07 - 22 - 0000 July 22, 2019 -- 000000002019 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 2019 2023 25th World Scout Jamboree Saemangeum South Korea Draw Your Dream See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Scout Jamboree. World Scout Moot World Scout Indaba World Camp ( Guiding ) References This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. ( January 2007 ) Jump up ^ `` 23rd World Scout Jamboree ''. www.23wsj.jp ( in Japanese ). Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` 24th World Scout Jamboree ''. www.2019wsj.org. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Definition of JAMBOREE ''. www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` the definition of jamboree ''. Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` History of the World Scout Jamboree ''. www.scout.org. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` '' PROSKOPOS '' - 2nd E.P. of Patras - 11th World Jamboree - What is a Jaboree ``. www.proskopos.com. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` uniforms at boy scout jamborees ''. histclo.com. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. 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Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ Official Photobook 23rd World Scout Jamboree, Japan Jump up ^ Main camp at Vogelenzang and Sea Scout camp at Bennebroek, now both part of the municipality Bloemendaal Jump up ^ `` Wereldjamboree 1937 in Vogelenzang - Bloemendaal ( Opening ) ''. 31 July 1937 -- via Internet Archive. Jump up ^ `` Free Visits to Holland ''. Argus ( Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957 ). 1937 - 01 - 12. p. 4. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Jamboree 1937 ''. www.scoutmuseum.nl. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` De zeeverkenners naar de Kaag ''. De Gooi - en Eemlander : nieuws - en advertentieblad. 1937 - 07 - 30. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Jamboree 1947 ''. www.scoutmuseum.nl. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Jamboree 1951 ''. www.scoutmuseum.nl. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Jamboree 1955 ''. www.scoutmuseum.nl. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. Jump up ^ `` 8th World Scout Jamboree 1955 ''. wj55.org. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25. 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External links World Scout Jamboree Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet Jamboree on the Trail What we do - World Scout Jamboree History of the World Scout Jamboree 8th World Scout Jamboree 1955 11th World Scout Jamboree 1963 23rd World Scout Jamboree 2015 24th World Scout Jamboree 2019 Svojsik 's Dream - 4th World Scout Jamboree bid by Czechoslovakia ( in Czech ) Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet ScoutLink 's Website JOTT 's main site JOTT 's UK site World Scout Jamborees 1920 1924 1929 1933 1937 1947 1951 1955 1957 1959 1963 1967 1971 1979 ( cancelled ) 1987 - 1988 1991 1995 1998 - 1999 2002 - 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 World Scout Moot Scouting portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Scout_Jamboree&oldid=797627117 '' Categories : Scouting jamborees Recurring events established in 1920 World Scout Jamborees Hidden categories : CS1 Japanese - language sources ( ja ) CS1 Korean - language sources ( ko ) All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2017 Articles lacking reliable references from January 2007 All articles lacking reliable references Articles with Czech - language external links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Español Esperanto 한국어 Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Svenska ไทย Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 28 August 2017, at 09 : 24. 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Question: where was the first boy scout world jamboree held
Answer: 1920