Palla a 21 (or palla eh!) is an ancient hand ball game. It is currently played in six tiny hamlets in Southern Tuscany, between Siena and Grosseto, in Ciciano, Piloni, Scalvaia, Tirli, Torniella, and Vetulonia.
Pibinko.org is developing the activities promoted by Attivarti.org between 2011 and 2018, and started by a more informal version of the pibinko.org network in 2007-2008 with the extremely creative palla a 21 in Chicago project, and the subsequent photo exhibitions in Ribolla and San Francisco, including a photo contest.
In addition to the promotion of the game during the Summer tournaments (July-August), pibinko.org has been managing some specific initiatives about the game. All of these have been conducted together with the communities where the game is played.
For more information about the game you may also check the related wikipedia page, but we encourage you to review our list of blog posts on the palla topic (and reload the page to see the items in a different order):
- Tatti (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – quinta puntata “Il baricentro”
- June 28, 2017, Torniella (Tuscany), Palla a 21 ball construction course, ep. 2
- Torniella (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – first presentation
- “Big Fish” radio show on Palla a 21: March 20, 2014
- Palla a 21 at “The village of kids” in Suvereto, Tuscany
- Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla Eh!
- A “palla 21” ball is on its way to Colorado (USA)
- Bingo evening to support the palla 21 to Chicago mission
- July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
- Palla a 21: from Tuscany to Milano and back
- Palla 21 a Chicago (e ritorno) – TRAILER
- Recording of the radio interview to Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla eh! and the Farma Valley
- Highlights from the 2016 palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments (video)
- Apr. 27, 2019. Come to learn all about palla eh!/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- The game
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talk about Palla and Window Glassess
- The game from the hamlets conquers the States (La Nazione Grosseto edition, Jul 26, 2007)
- Oct. 11-13, 2019: 9th European Llargues Club Cup (Monticiano/Torniella/Ciciano, Tuscany) & Exhibition on the game of palla in Monticiano (until Oct. 27)
- Blog post “Around Tuscany” on Palla a 21/palla eh!
- Jul. 19, 2007. From Chicago, IL, for Tre Uomini in Barca (Radio Popolare Milano)
- Aug. 15, 2007, Il Tirreno
- After three Palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments, waiting for the fourth
- Highlights from the 40th palla eh! tournament in Ciciano (Siena)
- Saturday, June 17: palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- June 3, 2007: RAI Radio Due, L’Altro Lato
- The palla a 21 ball
- Highlights from the 38th palla a 21 tournament in Scalvaia
- Easter Egg Lottery for palla 21 in Chicago
- Palla 21: the rules according to Mario and Claudio, aka Bob
- Briscola Tournament “for Chicago” in Scalvaia
- Milano – palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – sesta puntata “Tutta mia la citta(‘)”
- They day the ball got me – Connecting tiny Tuscan villages and large USA towns
- Save the date: 11-13 Aug. 2017 – 38th palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Beginning of the project “Palla 21: from Tuscany to Chicago, and back”
- Palla 21 Master Tournament
- Four-team palla 21 tournament in Torniella
- TV9 Report on the Ninth European Llargues Cup
- Briscola Tournament for Chicago in Piloni
- Palla 21 from Tuscany to Chicago and back / The documentary
- briscola tournament for palla 21 in Chicago in Torniella
- Palla a 21: Clearing the Field
- Waiting for the Palla 21 tournament in Piloni, August 22-23: let’s have a swim in the creek
- Palla a 21 training sessions in Torniella (with Torniella and Scalvaia folks)
- Jan. 17, 2019: An Evening in Torniella speaking about palla a 21 (La Nazione, Grosseto Edition)
- Luigi Ramazzotti Recalls some Historical Palla Players
- Cronaca Vera magazine
- Briscola tournament in Ciciano for Chicago
- The Art of Play (2007 Summer event calendar for the City of Chicago, Illinois)
- Palla 21/eh! at the Lari (Pisa) cherry fair
- Pro Chicago lunch in Scalvaia
- Mar. 7, 2019: The Secrets of Palla eh!, and more, unveiled in Tirli (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
- Palla a 21 at Tocatì Stree Game Festival 2007 (Verona)
- Workshop for the construction of the pall a 21/palla eh! ball
- Little Balls on the Hills, 2008 Edition
- Apr. 18, 2007: La Banda, Radio Popolare Milano on palla a 21
- Jan. 17, 2019: An evening chatting away about Palla a 21 (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition)
- Palla a 21: the Tournament in Piloni continues (Il Tirreno, Aug. 18, 2019)
- The palla21.it site mentioned by the Roccastrada Municipality
- Palla 21 (or palla eh) tournament in Vetulonia, where you can catch the sea breeze
- …in Tirli they were missing their palla tournaments
- Study mission by the Schumacher College
- Palla a 21 conquers the United States (Jul. 25, 2007, Corriere di Maremma)
- 26, Grosseto, palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – terza puntata “Dalla piana milanese al lago Prile”
- The Square around the Ball, in San Francisco, California
- Geo Bernardini interviewed on Palla eh/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- Palla 21 at the Art of Play – rationale
- Palla 21 class in the Civitella Paganico primary school
- Palla a 21 demonstration and prize draw for the “pro Chicago” lottery (in Torniella)
- Seconda presentation for “Palla a 21, dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno”
- From July 16 to July 21: Palla a 21 goes to Chicago / The official schedule
- The “over- and under-” palla meetup in Tirli, Southern Tuscany
- Palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella: how did it go
- Where is the game played?
- World Day of Games
- Today and Tomorrow, palla a 21 challenges (Il Tirreno, Aug. 17, 2019)
- Article on Palla a 21 on Turismoinmaremma.wordpress.com
- A whole Big Fish episode about palla a 21 and ancient games
- Interview #4: 21 (or palla eh!)
- Bob Explains the Spirit of Palla 21 (or Palla Eh!) to Pietro and Adele
- 5, Scalvaia (SI): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – quarta puntata “Da via Brigate Partigiane 32 a un borgo di 32 residenti”
- Conference on Palla 21/palla eh! in Monticiano
- Palla a 21: a primal primer
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talks about the Palla Racket
- Video report from the 37th Palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Tuscany)