For 10 points name this group governed by purity laws known as "merime" and "rom baros," or "big men," whose Kalderash subset are often metalworkers, an often-persecuted semi-nomadic European minority whose slur suggests Egyptian origin.
A 2012 National Geographic article explored the "Home of [this group's] Kings," while Susan Drummond's text mapping marriage in a subset noted that most did not speak Calo, this group's local dialect. Dutch scholars Lucassen, Willems, and Cottaar challenge the predominant thesis of origin of HMG Grellman, suggesting that their linguistic similarities with Sanskrit are incidental to a group displaced by feudalism. For 10 points name this group governed by purity laws known as "merime" and "rom baros," or "big men," whose Kalderash subset are often metalworkers, an often-persecuted semi-nomadic European minority whose slur suggests Egyptian origin.
A 2012 National Geographic article explored the "Home of [this group's] Kings," while Susan Drummond's text mapping marriage in a subset noted that most did not speak Calo, this group's local dialect.
{Roma} People (or {Romani} People, or {Traveller}s or [although this is offensive], {Gypsies}, {Gitano}s, {Tsigane}; Prompt on Kalderash, or Tinkers or “Pikies”)