On special occasions, such as a visit from Josip Broz Tito, Pioniri sometimes wore traditional costumes from their native regions of Yugoslavia.

[1] Unlike other pioneer movements the full military salute was used, honoring the children and youth who fought as part of the Yugoslav Partisans of the Second World War.

Reconstructed from imperfect recollections,[citation needed] in Serbo-Croatian (Ekavian and Ijekavian pronunciations): 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 Socijalističku Federativnu Republiku Jugoslaviju, da ću razvijati bratstvo i jedinstvo i ideje za koje se borio drug Tito, da ću cijeniti/ceniti sve ljude svijeta/sveta koji žele slobodu i mir!

In both cases, a child at the critical age of around seven is initiated as a member of a group within which the individuals share certain values and culture.

[citation needed] Children were taught to be responsible and respectful, were asked to study hard and were considered the future generations of the nation.