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{{Infobox WorldScouting |type = event | image = BadgeWSJBadge-RGB-S.gif | caption | Official badge | name = 21st World Scout Jamboree | location = [[Hylands Park]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Essex]]| country = | {{Infobox WorldScouting |type = event | image = BadgeWSJBadge-RGB-S.gif | caption | Official badge | name = 21st World Scout Jamboree | location = [[Hylands Park]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Essex]]| country = United Kingdom | f-date = [[2007-07-27]] to [[2007-08-08]] | members = 40,000 Scouts ([[Estimate|est]])}} | ||
The '''21st World Jamboree''' was held in the summer of [[2007]], and formed a part of the [[Scouting 2007 Centenary]] celebrations of the World [[Scout Movement]]. The event is being hosted by the United Kingdom, as 2007 marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of [[Scouting]] on [[Brownsea Island Scout camp|Brownsea Island]]. | The '''21st World Jamboree''' was held in the summer of [[2007]], and formed a part of the [[Scouting 2007 Centenary]] celebrations of the World [[Scout Movement]]. The event is being hosted by the United Kingdom, as 2007 marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of [[Scouting]] on [[Brownsea Island Scout camp|Brownsea Island]]. | ||
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Over 46,000 '''Scouts''' from the 216 countries which have a recognised Scout Movement (recognition is conferred by membership in the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]])camped for the event, with many others attending for day visits. | Over 46,000 '''Scouts''' from the 216 countries which have a recognised Scout Movement (recognition is conferred by membership in the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]])camped for the event, with many others attending for day visits. | ||
==Purpose of the Jamboree== | == Purpose of the Jamboree == | ||
The first Jamboree was held in 1920, at [[Olympia, London|Olympia]], in the | The first Jamboree was held in 1920, at [[Olympia, London|Olympia]], in the United Kingdom. | ||
Since then, the event has been held every 4-5 years, with a break between the [[1937]] and [[1947]] Jamborees because of [[World War II]], and also between the [[1975]] and [[1983]] events because of political instability in [[Iran]]. It has been hosted in many countries, although it has not yet taken place in [[Africa]]. | Since then, the event has been held every 4-5 years, with a break between the [[1937]] and [[1947]] Jamborees because of [[World War II]], and also between the [[1975]] and [[1983]] events because of political instability in [[Iran]]. It has been hosted in many countries, although it has not yet taken place in [[Africa]]. | ||
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Currently all but six of the territories of the world which have a recognised Scouting movement are sending scouts to this Jamboree, and efforts were made to get representation from every single territory. | Currently all but six of the territories of the world which have a recognised Scouting movement are sending scouts to this Jamboree, and efforts were made to get representation from every single territory. | ||
==Theme== | == Theme == | ||
Each Jamboree has a theme, and the '''2007''' Jamboree's was "''One World, One Promise''". This motto is incorporated on the Centenary badge and is available in the local language of all Scouting organisations who are members of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]]. | Each Jamboree has a theme, and the '''2007''' Jamboree's was "''One World, One Promise''". This motto is incorporated on the Centenary badge and is available in the local language of all Scouting organisations who are members of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]]. | ||
==See also== | == See also == | ||
*[[Jamboree (Scouting)|Jamboree]] | *[[Jamboree (Scouting)|Jamboree]] | ||
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*[[Scouting 2007 Centenary]] | *[[Scouting 2007 Centenary]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
<div class="references-small"><references /></div> | <div class="references-small"><references /></div> | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*[http://www.wsj.scouting2007.org/english/index.php 21st World Scout Jamboree English Homepage] | *[http://www.wsj.scouting2007.org/english/index.php 21st World Scout Jamboree English Homepage] | ||
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{{WorldJamborees}} | {{WorldJamborees}} | ||
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[[Category:Scouting jamborees|#2007]] | [[Category:Scouting jamborees|#2007]] | ||
[[fi:21. maailmanjamboree]] | [[fi:21. maailmanjamboree]] | ||
