Editing World Scout Jamboree (section)

==History==
While World Scout Jamboree is the expression used by the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]],<ref name="scout.org">{{Cite web |title=History of the World Scout Jamboree |url=https://www.scout.org/node/6977 |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=scout.org |language=en}}</ref> other organizations held events called "jamborees" for their members.

The [[Scouting]] program became an international success following its founding by [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title="PROSKOPOS" - 2nd E.P. of Patras - 11th World Jamboree - What is a Jaboree |url=http://www.proskopos.com/jaboree_tieinai_en.html |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=proskopos.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=uniforms at boy scout jamborees |url=http://histclo.com/youth/youth/org/sco/jam/jam.htm |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=histclo.com}}</ref> 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".{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

It was in 1920 that the first World Scout Jamboree was realized, held in [[Olympia, London|the Olympia halls]] in [[Kensington]], London. Symbolically, the Jamboree site bore the name of the birthplace of the [[Olympic Games]], [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]]. 8,000 Scouts from 34 countries attended the event.

[[Image:League of Nations 3rd World Scout Jamboree.png|thumb|Cartoon in [[Punch (magazine)|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 [[Iranian Revolution|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 [[15th World Scout Jamboree (cancelled)|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&nbsp;— 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]], [[New South Wales|NSW]], [[Australia]].

The [[21st World Scout Jamboree]] in 2007 was held in [[Hylands Park]], [[Essex]], United Kingdom, and celebrated the [[Scouting 2007 Centenary|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, Yamaguchi|Yamaguchi City]], Japan from 28 July to 8 August 2015;<ref>{{Cite web |title=23rd World Scout Jamboree |url=http://www.23wsj.jp/ |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=23wsj.jp |language=ja-JP}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=24th World Scout Jamboree |url=http://www.2019wsj.org |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=2019wsj.org}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-04 |title=Thousands at Scout camp move into hotels after S Korea heatwave |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66407392 |access-date=2023-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Hundreds of teenagers fall ill as heat wave hits World Scout Jamboree in South Korea {{!}} CNN |date=2023-08-05 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/08/05/exp-world-scout-jamboree-heat-wave-coren-pkg-080501aseg2-cnni-world.cnn |access-date=2023-08-15 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-05 |title=World Scout Jamboree in limbo as American and British groups pull out over extreme heat |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/05/asia/scout-jamboree-south-korea-heat-wave-pullout-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=CNN |publisher=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-08 |title=WOSM Statements from the 25th World Scout Jamboree {{!}} World Organization of the Scout Movement |url=https://scout.org/news/statement-25th-jamboree |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=scout.org |language=en}}</ref>

The [[26th World Scout Jamboree]] will be held in 2027 at [[Sobieszewo Island|Sobieszowo Island]] near [[Gdańsk]] in [[Poland]].
The [[27th World Scout Jamboree]] will be held in 2031 at [[Silkeborg]], [[Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scout.org/news/denmark-host-27th-world-scout-jamboree-2031 | title=Denmark to host the 27th World Scout Jamboree in 2031 &#124; World Scouting | date=August 21, 2024 }}</ref>