17th, world, scout, jamboree, korean, 제17회, 세계잼버리, held, august, 1991, hosted, south, korea, seoraksan, national, park, 200km, border, with, north, korea, another, 200km, from, seoul, locationseoraksan, national, parkcountrysouth, koreadate1991attendance18, sc. The 17th World Scout Jamboree Korean 제17회 세계잼버리 was held August 8 to 16 1991 and was hosted by South Korea at Seoraksan National Park 200km fro border with North Korea and another 200km from Seoul 17th World Scout Jamboree17th World Scout JamboreeLocationSeoraksan National ParkCountrySouth KoreaDate1991Attendance18 000 Scouts 1 Previous16th World Scout Jamboree Next18th World Scout Jamboree Scouting portal17th World Scout JamboreeHangul제17회 세계잼버리Hanja第十七回 世界잼버리Revised RomanizationJesipchilhoe SegyejaembeoriMcCune ReischauerChesipchilhoe SegyejaempŏriMany Lands One World was the theme which brought together approximately 20 000 Scouts from 135 countries and territories and in particular Eastern European nations as all the formerly communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union were developing Scouting in the months preceding the dissolution of the Soviet Union 1 Scouts from Czechoslovakia and Hungary participated as members of the World Scout Movement for the first time since 1947 1 Bulgaria Belarus Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Russia Ukraine and Yugoslavia each fielded contingents The Jamboree started with bad weather with rain and flooding providing major problems The opening and closing ceremonies were designed to rival those of the 1988 Summer Olympics The Jamboree sported the first Global Development Village program and was visited by Korean president Roh Tae woo Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco A newspaper SorakDaily was produced for attendees 2 The British contingent transported a replica Brownsea Island Scout camp to re enact Robert Baden Powell 1st Baron Baden Powell s 1907 experiment in Scouting It became the most photographed and filmed event at the Jamboree 3 Scouts also experienced home hospitality in South Korea and Japan See also edit25th World Scout Jamboree to be held in Korea in 2023References edit a b c Love Ben H Many lands one world Boys Life Vol 81 no 12 17th World Scout Jamboree 1991 Official Newspaper SorakDaily No 1 by Ling Glory Issuu issuu com World Jamborees scoutbase org uk Archived from the original on 2008 03 22 https web archive org web 20081207021528 http www scout org wsrc fs jamboree e shtml nbsp This Scouting or Guiding article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 17th World Scout Jamboree amp oldid 1179372974, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
