19th
Worldjamboree 1998 - 1999
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Chile
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Hacienda Picarquin
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dec. 26 '98 - jan. 6 '99
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At the Hacienda de
Picarquin, a former agricultural company of 3000 hectare, at the foot
of the Andes, the 19th Worldjamboree
was held from December 26 1998 till January 6 1999. The Jamboree area was 61 km south from the
capital of Chile,
Santiago de Chile. The theme of this Jamboree was "Building peace
together". It better had been "Mañana"
(tomorrow), because haste didn’t help. At the start everything went awkward, a
lot of things weren’t arranged or finished. At the end of the Jamboree it was
sufficient. During the Jamboree changing of the year was celebrated without
fireworks, because it was prohibited due
to the drought. The catering had to be bought in the supermarket in
contradiction to being handed out at other Jamborees. In the beginning this
caused some troubles, but as the Jamboree progressed it worked faster (the mañana-effect). There were a lot of creative activities,
often mixed with a Chilean twist. At the "Rally for peace" everybody
had to write down on a piece of paper his name, country of origin and a wish
for the future. These notes were stuffed in a great big heart and air lifted
with a balloon. During "Gastronomic Delight" every contingent had to
represent its country with dishes from their country. All the hikes were in the
Andes with sleeping in open air.
"Community Service" was a part of a program where every subgroup had
to make itself useful for the community by shaping a garden or building a
playground.
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