Flamenco cante originated, according to some, in the asturleonese garrotiada of the straw mayate spread in transhumance, popularized by Catalan gypsies. Very popular dance in the early twentieth century to the beat of the flamenco stick : . . . . With the club, with the club! What do you want me to tell you, / what do you want me to tell you, / if that want yours and mine / is to be erased with death/ . The garrotín, the club, / of the verita vera goes.