Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia
(Serbo-Croatian: Savez pionira Jugoslavije; Slovenian: Zveza pionirjev Jugoslavije (ZPJ)) was the pioneer movement of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Its members wore red scarves as well as navy blue hats called Titovka. These hats were sometimes white, and bore a red star on the front. A white shirt was often worn with the Pioneer scarf (marama)
and the Titovka, although this varied depending on which part of
Yugoslavia the particular pioneer was from. Boys often wore navy blue
shorts or pants, and girls wore skirts in the same colour, along with
white stockings and black shoes. On special occasions, such as a visit
from Tito himself, Pioniri sometimes wore traditional costumes from their native regions of Yugoslavia.
The organization was founded on December 27, 1942. It was a substructure within the Socialist Youth Union of Yugoslavia. It published Male novine. The organization was divided into younger pioneers (7-11 years) and older pioneers (11-15 years).[1]
Typically, the induction ceremony took place in school for children
aged 7 in the autumn of their first year in school, as part of the Republic Day celebrations. The youngest generation that undertook it was born around 1983. The text of Yugoslav Pioneer pledge (pionirska zakletva) may have varied slightly from one school to another. Reconstructed from imperfect recollections, in Serbo-Croatian (words pronounceable in more than one way in Serbo-Croatian are presented in a Croatian pronunciation/Serbian pronunciation format):
- Danas, kada postajem pionir,
- dajem časnu pionirsku riječ/reč -
- da ću marljivo učiti i raditi,
- poštovati roditelje i starije,
- i biti vjeran/veran i iskren drug,
- koji drži datu riječ/reč.
- Da ću voljeti/voleti našu domovinu, samoupravnu SFRJ,
- da ću razvijati bratstvo i jedinstvo
- i ideje za koje se borio drug Tito.
- Da ću cjeniti/ceniti sve ljude svijeta/sveta koji žele slobodu i mir!
In English:
- Today, as I become a Pioneer,
- I give my Pioneer's word of honor -
- That I will study and work tirelessly,
- respect parents and my seniors,
- and be a loyal and honest comrade/friend.
- That I will love our homeland, self-management SFRY.
- That I will spread brotherhood and unity
- and the principles for which comrade Tito fought.
- And that I will value all peoples of the world who respect freedom and peace!
Across the former-Yugoslav territory (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia),
many associate the prosperity and peace which they enjoyed as citizens
of Yugoslavia with their days as Pioneers, and as a result, it is not
uncommon to hear people refer to themselves as "Titov(a) pionir(ka)", meaning "Tito's Pioneer".[citation needed] These types of self-proclamations, in earnest or in irony, are not uncommon on online communities frequented by ex-Yugoslavs.
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