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