What is "gralla"

Gralla may refer to:

• Gralla (instrument), a traditional Catalan double reed instrument in the oboe family.
• Gralla (municipality), a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.
• Grallae, a group of long-legged birds from the 10th edition of Systema Naturae

The gralla , also known as grall de pastor, xaramita o xirimita, is a traditional Catalan double reed instrument in the shawm family. Like the dolçaina from Valencia - a very similar instrument which many experts consider a variety of the gralla - the gralla comes from the ancient xeremies a medieval instrument largely used until the Baroque. Probably, the name of the instrument comes from its strident sound similar to the sound of a native bird of Catalonia and the north of Spain called gralla too.

The gralla is also very popular because it is the traditional instrument used during the ascencion and descencion of human towers or castells and other traditional festivities. Usually it is played with the timbal, a percussion instrument similar to a drum.

The gralla player is called graller o grallaire

Gralla is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria.