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Garaiás - a Lifetime of Scouting Caraiás Scout Group ( Grupo Escoteiro Carajás. in f Portuguese) is mainly an English speaking Scout Group. part of the British Communitv in São Paulo. Brazll. We rvere oficiallv formed in 1927. succeeding the lst. and 2nd.São Paulo Bov Scouts. This vear rve ivill be completing our 68th anniversary!
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In this article. wc rvill give you a brief notion of what the Caraiás is all about. interesting facts, camps.... So sit back and feel rvelcomc to enjoy this little bit of history!
In thc earlv davs. the Scout Troop meetings rvhere held at Avenida Paulista (toda1,'s most important aveuue in São Paulo!). in a rather strange shelter kindh lent bv the Siciliano fàmilr - horsc stables!! Chácara Flora u'as ons of thc first camp-sites and rcmained a farouritc for some ten vears. It uas still a largelv uninhabited uoodland u-ith clear spring rvatcr and tu'o attractir,c snrall lakes uhich
ucrc uscd for bathing. It rvas at a Mogi das Cmzcs camp that a Scouter. probablv Ken Willey. knolrm as "Zaikc". decided to clear the arca llcar his tent by setting firc to it. The firc got out of control aud thc rvholo Troop had to bo called to fight thc bush fire r,vhich r,vas -Carajás-ALifetime of Scouting
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thrcaten ing to burn the tents. The danger signal of thrcc long rvhistlc blasts u,as used to call thc Scouts back to camp and. to this da1'. is thc traditional Troop call for
camp-frre - three long rvhistles or horn blasts.
The u,eckly meetings. callcd Paradcs in thosc davs. u'crc hcld on Saturdavs.
frcqucntlv rvith a short hikc and Widc Gamc in Cidade Jardim (the head-
which rvas rvooded and marshland at that time. The objec-
tive rvas .usually to lav a "bolnb" olì thc Cidadc
Jardrur tranr
line - bondes \\'erc oncc every hourrvhilst the
other team dcfcnded thc
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bondc. Thc conductcrs loincd cnthusiasticallv in the spirit thesc games.
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The first intemational camp thc Caralás participated in rvas the ,5th. World Janrborcc in Holland. It u'as also the last l2efgrc the War. and thc last at ri'hich the Chief Scout of thc World u,ould bc prescnt. Badcn Porvcll visited the camp of thc British Scouts fronr Brazil. giving them a replica of the Jamborec svmbol. ivhich is in thc Troop Room to this dar,. The leaders in Brazil organized a camp-fire to rvelcome back the Jamboree Contingcnt. At this camp-firc.Tom Grcgon, introduced a custorn u{rich becamc a tradition for manv vears. He had nranaged to collect a fotv cmbers frorn that last grand camp-firc at the Jamborce attended b1'all participants and the Chicf. Thcsc ashes u,orc poured from a hom into the firc and a uo\\, lot of cmbers \\,crc taken out at thc
closing of the camp-firo ccrcmon\'. Ashes froln vcry mauv camp-fircs rvcrc collected in tliis rììalrÌer rvcll into thc sn,cutics. all originating fronl that ccrell'rollv at thc Janrborcc