Jamboree
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'''Jamboree''' may refer to:
*[[Jamboree (Scouting)]], a large gathering of Scouts
In '''entertainment''':
*[[WWVA Jamboree]], a country music program aired since 1933 on [[WWVA (AM)]]
**[[Jamboree in the Hills]], an annual four-day-long country music festival held in Morristown, Ohio
*[[Big D Jamboree]], a country music program aired since 1947 on [[KRLD]]
*[[Havelock Country Jamboree]], [[country music]] festival held annually in rural [[Ontario]]
*Jamboree, an annual concert held at Billy's Flea Market near [[Bassett, Virginia]]
*[[Jamboree (1944 film)]], a 1944 film by [[Joseph Santley]]
*[[Jamboree (1957 film)]] (also known as Disc Jockey Jamboree in the UK), a 1957 rock 'n' roll motion picture by Roy Lockwood and featuring many of the big acts of that period
*[[Jamboree (1956 radio series)]], a 1956 [[Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg]] series featuring disc-jockey [[Alan Freed]] on Saturday nights
*[[Jamboree (Guadalcanal Diary album)]], a 1988 album by Guadalcanal Diary
*[[Jamboree (Beat Happening album)]], a 1988 album by Beat Happening
*[[John Safran's Music Jamboree]], a 2002 Australian television series
*[[Country Bear Jamboree]], an attraction at Disney Parks
*A type of hand instrument more commonly referred to as a [[Tambourine]]
*A [[musical composition]] for [[string instrument]]s
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==Etymology==
The etymology of this term has several possible origins, ranging from Hindi to Swahili to Native American dialects. It may also be related to [[corroboree]], an [[Australian]] [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] term for any noisy, late-night gathering or disturbance.
[[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]] chose the name as ''rally'', ''meeting'' and ''gathering'' in the international scouting movement. The name is thought to be derived from the Swahili for hello, ''jambo'', as a result of the considerable amount of time he spent in the region. At the first world jamboree at [[Olympia, London|Olympia]] in 1920, Lord Baden-Powell 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."
The term 'jamboree' is also commonly used by the Australian Aboriginal Pitjanjarra tribe meaning 'Feast of tree grubs'.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
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