15th World Scout Jamboree (cancelled)

Cancelled 1979 Scout Jamboree in Iran December 2023 event 15th World Scout Jamboree Iran.svg 15th World Scout Jamboree 15th World Scout Jamboree Nishapur Iran cancelled 1979 14th World Scout Jamboree 15th World Scout Jamboree The 15th World Scout Jamboree (fa پانزدهمین گردهمایی جهانی پیشاهنگان) was scheduled to be held 15–23 July 1979 and was to be hosted by Iran at Nishapur, but was cancelled due to the Iranian Revolution which took place in 1979.Jamborees of the past https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-your-section/programme-guidance/international-scouts-and-events/international-events/wsj/jamborees-of-the-past 2023-12-06 scouts.org.uk en-UK Background The 15th World Jamboree was to be held at the 10 sqkm "Omar Khayyám Scout Park" named after Omar Khayyám and also referred to as Baghrud Scout Park in the city of Nishapur. The Second Asia-Pacific Jamboree was held at the site in preparation, in the summer of 1977. Necker ASIA-PACIFIC JAMBOREE IRAN 1977 http://www.worldbadger.com/image.asp?name=75481 worldbadger.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110718122731/http://www.worldbadger.com/image.asp?name=75481 18 July 2011 However, the destabilizing events of the Islamic Revolution caused the 15th World Jamboree to be cancelled near the end of 1978.World Scouts Postpone 1979 Jamboree in Iran https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/07/archives/world-scouts-postpone-1979-jamboree-in-iran.html New York Times UPI 1978-12-06 However, a number of commemorative items had already been made for the event, the demand for which and the value of which was greatly inflated by the Jamboree's cancellation. The few items of memorabilia in existence are of huge value to collectors when they, albeit rarely, come on the market.August 2015 The next Jamboree, hosted by Canada in 1983, was named The Spirit Lives On to show how Scouting's spirit of international brotherhood could overcome the setback of cancelling the 1979 Jamboree.February 1979 XV World Jamboree in Iran Postponed https://books.google.com/books?id=1EgF--8jLN4C&dq=jamboree&pg=PA16 16 Boys' Life World Jamboree Year Instead, the World Organization of the Scout Movement announced the "World Jamboree Year" by holding several international World Jamboree Year camps in Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States that took up the momentum. See also Iranian Scouting Organization References External links jamboree #1979 Category:Scouting in Iran Category:History of Nishapur Category:Cancelled events Category:Iranian Revolution Category:1979 in Iran Category:20th century in Razavi Khorasan province