A Scout Jamboree is a large gathering of Scouts. Sometimes the word Jamborette is used to denote smaller, either local or international, gatherings.

Examples of jamborees include:

• World Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from all over the world.
• World Deaf Scout Jamboree, a gathering of deaf Scouts from all over the world.
• United States National Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from the United States.
• Canadian Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from the Canada.
• Australian Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region.
• European Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from all over the Europe.
• Nippon Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from the Japan.

There are also virtual simultaneous worldwide gatherings of Scouts including:

• World Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)
• World Scout Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI)
• Jamboree on the Trail (JOTT) is an international day of hiking.

The etymology of this term has several possible origins, ranging from Hindi to Swahili to Native American dialects. Lord Baden-Powell chose the name as rally, meeting and gathering did not fully capture the spirit of this then-new concept. At the first World Jamboree at Olympia in 1920, he said "People give different meanings for this word, but from this year on, Jamboree will take a specific meaning. It will be associated to the largest gathering of youth that ever took place."

Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, coined the term Jamborese to refer to the lingua franca used between Scouts of different languages and cultural habits, that develops when diverse Scouts meet, that fosters friendship and understanding between Scouts of the world.

In 2007 the World Scout Jamboree returns to the UK in celebration of 100 years of Scouting. It will be the 4th time that the Jamboree has been held in the UK (the last being 1957). This time it is to be held at Hylands park which will host 40,000 Scouts and Guides from all over the world, and hosting up to 80,000 visitors over the 15 days. The camp will feature daily shows in addition to the opening and closing ones and various activities in a region of zones including Splash, Global Development and a trip to Gilwell Park the home of UK Scouting. On the 1st of August the whole of Scouting in the world will be linked to the Jamboree site and Brownsea Island to celebrate the dawn of a new century of Scouting.

See also

• Camporee, a gathering of Scouts from the local area.

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