Bjørn Stærk — Terms like shato and baro are used internally by...

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Terms like shato and baro are used internally by the Rom-Vlach. When such a leader presents himself to the outside world, he generally uses a term of leadership he feels will have some impact on those it is intended to impress. Historically, we read of Gypsy “counts,” “dukes,” “earls,” and of course “kings.” “Gypsy king” is a term that has been hacked to death by cub journalists who often get sent out in the rain to cover the funeral of a Gypsy shato. Somehow the term fits nicely into the journalistic Gypsy mythology, along with horse-drawn caravans, dancing bears, tambourine-playing Gypsy temptresses, knife duels over the clan virgins in the moonlight etched by the flickering flames of the tribal campfire, and other storybook fiction. I have on file a plethora of clippings from a wide variety of publications, in many languages, dating back over a long period of time, reporting the deaths, marriages, and coronations of enough Gypsy kings and queens to populate the largest kumpaniya in the modern American megalopolis. As Russel Demitro, a former Montreal shato once told me wryly: Sa krayla sam kana meras—“We’re all kings when we die.” Out of respect, the family of a decreased shato will usually tell the press that their “king” has died.