World Scout Jamboree Totally Explained

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Jamboree on the Air, known by its acronym 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 a radio amateur with the callsign G3BHK. It is now considered the largest event scheduled by the WOSM annually. 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 "eQSL's" when they're 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

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.org reports that JOTI had over 4,000 participants online at one time in 2005.
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).
Special Internet jamborees may also be organized in conjunction with local, national and international Scouting events which are held at other times of the year.

Jamboree on the Trail

Following on the idea of the Join-in events from the World Jamboree Year, Jamboree on the Trail (or JOTT), is simply a co-ordinated event where Scouts around the world simultaneously participate in local hikes. It takes place in May on an annual basis.
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, which is organised by a County level body.

Listing of events

ear	vent	ocation, Country	heme/Name	ttendance
1920	1st World Scout Jamboree	Olympia, Kensington, London, United Kingdom		8,000
1924	2nd World Scout Jamboree	Ermelunden, Denmark		4,549
1929	3rd World Scout Jamboree	Birkenhead, United Kingdom	Coming of Age	30,000
1933	4th World Scout Jamboree	Gödöllő, Hungary		25,792
1937	5th World Scout Jamboree	Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, Netherlands		28,750
1947	6th World Scout Jamboree	Moisson, France	Jamboree of Peace	24,152
1951	7th World Scout Jamboree	Bad Ischl, Austria	Jamboree of Simplicity	12,884
1955	8th World Scout Jamboree	Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada	New Horizons	11,139
1957	9th World Scout Jamboree	Sutton Park, United Kingdom	50th Anniversary of Scouting	30,000
1959	10th World Scout Jamboree	Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines	Building Tomorrow Today	12,203
1963	11th World Scout Jamboree	Marathon, Greece	Higher and Wider	14,000
1967	12th World Scout Jamboree	Farragut State Park, United States	For Friendship	12,011
1971	13th World Scout Jamboree	Fujinomiya, Japan	For Understanding	23,758
1975	14th World Scout Jamboree	Lillehammer, Norway	Five Fingers, One Hand	17,259
1979	(15th World Scout Jamboree)	Neyshâbûr, Iran		cancelled
1983	15th World Scout Jamboree	Calgary, Canada	The Spirit Lives On	14,752
1987	16th World Scout Jamboree	Sydney, Australia	Bringing the World Together	14,434
1991	17th World Scout Jamboree	Soraksan, South Korea	Many Lands, One World	20,000
1995	18th World Scout Jamboree	Flevoland, Netherlands	Future is Now	28,960
1998, 1999	19th World Scout Jamboree	Picarquín, Chile	Building Peace Together	31,000
2002, 2003	20th World Scout Jamboree	Sattahip, Thailand	Share our World, Share our Cultures	24,000
2007	21st World Scout Jamboree	Hylands Park, United Kingdom	One World, One Promise Scouting Centenary	38,074
2011	22nd World Scout Jamboree	Rinkaby, Sweden	Simply Scouting

Other World Scout Jamborees

World Federation of Independent Scouts

ear	vent	ocation, Country	heme/Name	ttendance
2002	WFIS World Jamboree 2002	Skørping, Denmark	Together we're strongest	850
2007	2nd WFIS World Jamboree 2007	Medellín, Colombia		2000
2011	3rd WFIS World Jamboree 2011	Rised Stones Valley (Zacatlán), Mexico

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