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[[Image:Logo-Cercetaşii României-2018.svg|thumb|140px|Membership badge of Cercetaşii României]]

'''''Cercetaşii României''''' (Romanian for "Romania's Scouts" or "Romanian Scouts"; in full '''''Organizaţia Naţională Cercetaşii României''''' - "National Organization of Romanian Scouts") is the primary national [[Scouting]] organization of Romania. Founded in 1914, it became a member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] (WOSM) in 1993.  

== History ==

Romania was a founding member of the WOSM, having formally had Scouts between [[1914]] and [[1937]]. The first patrol of Boy Scouts was established in Romania in [[1912]], thanks to a group of [[professor]]s, physicians, soldiers, etc. ([[Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci]], [[Alexandru Borza]], [[Vladimir Ghidionescu]], [[Constantin Costa-Foru]], [[Nicolae Iorga]], [[Ion G. Duca]] and Colonel G. Berindei) who were familiar with the Scout movements in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and Germany.

The translation of [[Baden-Powell]]'s book ''[[Scouting for Boys]]'' into Romanian was published in 1915. That same year saw the official founding of the ''Cercetaşii României''; on the occasion, Lord Baden-Powell sent a message of congratulations, with the admonition that Scouting should be adapted to the local situation.

During World War I, Romanian Scouts were very active in defense activities (''see [[Romanian Campaign (World War I)]]''). [[Ecaterina Teodoroiu]] guided a patrol of Scouts and Guides and was employed as a nurse, before joining the Romanian Army and dying a heroine. Many Scouts who helped the transporting of the wounded were killed during the air attacks. On [[September 29]], [[1916]] Baden-Powell sent a message expressing regret to the Scouts for the death of their fellows. At the end of the war, the Boy Scouts marched in the front of the Victory Train, under the [[Arcul de Triumf|Triumphal Arch]] in Bucharest.

In [[1920]], 67 Romanian Boy Scouts and their leaders were present at the first [[World Jamboree]] in London, England. Before World War II, the Scout Movement developed further: many patrols were formed in towns and in villages, many camps, socials, expeditions and spectacles were organized, and a great number of magazines, literary writings and pedagogical studies were published for Scouts and their Chiefs. At the time, one of the devoted Boy Scouts was the philosopher [[Mircea Eliade]].

In [[1930]], the first Romanian Scout [[Jamboree]] took place, in the presence of [[Hubert Martin]] and many delegations of Scouts and Guides from other countries. ''Cercetaşii României'' had 45,000 members at that point, and the Guides Movement had 14,000. The organizer and Chief of the Guides Movement was Princess Ileana, the daughter of Queen Marie.

Later, when the extremist movements ([[fascism]] and communism) divided the young generation, the Scout Movement remained an oasis of democracy, tolerance, peace and fraternity. Romanian Scouting preserved its apolitical character, but in [[1937]], it was replaced by a [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]] organization, ''Străjeria'', as part of the dictatorial measures initiated by [[King of Romania|King]] [[Carol II of Romania|Carol II]] (alongside the creation of the [[National Renaissance Front]]). After the World War, there were attempts to restore the Scout Movement in Romania, but the emergence of the communist regime brought a ban on all alternative [[youth movement]]s (''see [[Pioneer movement in Romania]] and [[Union of Communist Youth#Pioneers]]'').  

== Ideals and program ==

=== Scout oath ===

=== Scout Law ===

''Cercetaşul îşi iubeşte patria sa, România şi pe toţi cei care trăiesc in ea<br />

''Cercetaşul este loial, îşi respectă cuvântul dat, nu minte, este curat în gând, în vorbă şi în faptă<br />

''Cercetaşul este util şi îşi ajută semenii în orice situaţie, este un prieten pentru toţi şi frate cu toţi Cercetaşii<br />

''Cercetaşul este econom şi cumpătat, este îngăduitor cu alţii şi sever cu sine, îşi îngrijeşte corpul şi duce o viaţă sănătoasă<br />

''Cercetaşul iubeşte şi ocroteşte natura şi este bun cu animalele<br />

''Cercetaşul îşi respectă şi ascultă părinţii, şefii si profesorii şi este disciplinat în tot ceea ce face<br />

''Cercetaşul este credincios şi respectă credinţa celorlalţi<br />

''Cercetaşul este curajos şi încrezător în puterile sale, vioi şi plin de însufleţire<br />

== See also ==

 

== External links ==

[[Category:Scouting and Guiding in Romania|Cercetasii Romaniei]]