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