{"id":1301,"date":"2016-01-29T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T18:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/wp\/?page_id=1301"},"modified":"2016-01-29T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T18:54:56","slug":"pledge-of-the-wa-ngao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/?page_id=1301","title":{"rendered":"Pledge of the Wa Ngao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our pledge is taken whenever anyone joins the tribe. It establishes our guiding principals and the mutual respect we show for each other.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken By En\u2019: 1) As a Wa Ngao I am true to myself.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSE by saying: I will play my role in the tribe to the best of my ability. I carry my weight in the tribe. Be it slave, Huntress, or En, I am the best I can be.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken By En\u2019: 2) As a Wa Ngao I am true to my tribe.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSE by saying: I will never disrespect my tribe. The honor of the Wa Ngao is great and I will never tarnish it willingly or intentionally.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken By En\u2019: 3) As a Wa Ngao I will honor my Sisters.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSE by saying: Be them slave, Huntress, or En, I respect them all the same. Roles are stations in life or jobs but the Sisterhood transcends that. I would never do anything intentionally to make my sisters uncomfortable, embarrassed, or dishonored.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken By En\u2019: 4) As a Wa Ngao I will honor my home.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSE by saying: The lands of my home are the homes of my sisters. Our homes are sacred and are respected. Our home provides shelter and sustenance. I will fiercely protect my home.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken By En\u2019: 5) As a Wa Ngao I will protect my heritage.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSE by saying: Our past builds our future. Our future becomes our past in time. Our heritage reflects our honor on a third dimension.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken By En\u2019: 6) As a Wa Ngao I will honor Gor.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSE by saying: I understand that what gor means to others is as important to them as it is to me. While I may not share every idea others may have, I respect their rights to theirs. I do not weigh my values above the values of others and will decline to judge.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken By En\u2019: 7) As a Wa Ngao I will build on the future.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSE by saying: I understand that education is the basis of growth in general and not just personal. I will do my best to project a better understanding of myself, my tribe, my sisterhood, my home, my heritage, and Gor.<\/p>\n<p>A Note on Commitment and Honor<\/p>\n<p>All member are expected to behave in a manor that does no present Wa Ngao in an unfavorable light. Just because one has become a member of Wa Ngao it does not mean that this situation can not change and breaking the oath of the tribe can have serious consequences. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our pledge is taken whenever anyone joins the tribe. It establishes our guiding principals and the mutual respect we show for each other. Spoken By En\u2019: 1) As a Wa Ngao I am true to myself. RESPONSE by saying: I will play my role in the tribe to the best of my ability. I carry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1301","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wangao.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}