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):
- The palla21.it site mentioned by the Roccastrada Municipality
- World Day of Games
- Highlights from the 40th palla eh! tournament in Ciciano (Siena)
- Palla a 21: Clearing the Field
- The Square around the Ball, in San Francisco, California
- 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 ball construction course in Torniella: how did it go
- Palla a 21 conquers the United States (Jul. 25, 2007, Corriere di Maremma)
- Palla a 21 demonstration and prize draw for the “pro Chicago” lottery (in Torniella)
- 26, Grosseto, palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – terza puntata “Dalla piana milanese al lago Prile”
- Recording of the radio interview to Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla eh! and the Farma Valley
- They day the ball got me – Connecting tiny Tuscan villages and large USA towns
- June 3, 2007: RAI Radio Due, L’Altro Lato
- Palla a 21 at Tocatì Stree Game Festival 2007 (Verona)
- Video report from the 37th Palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Tuscany)
- Palla 21 class in the Civitella Paganico primary school
- Jul. 19, 2007. From Chicago, IL, for Tre Uomini in Barca (Radio Popolare Milano)
- Blog post “Around Tuscany” on Palla a 21/palla eh!
- Jan. 17, 2019: An Evening in Torniella speaking about palla a 21 (La Nazione, Grosseto Edition)
- July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
- Palla a 21: from Tuscany to Milano and back
- Tatti (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – quinta puntata “Il baricentro”
- Sep. 7, 2024 – Borghi show: Donzelle, peposo, notti bianche e fuochi d’artificio (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto)
- Interview #4: 21 (or palla eh!)
- Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla Eh!
- Little Balls on the Hills, 2008 Edition
- Palla 21 at the Art of Play – rationale
- Palla a 21 at “The village of kids” in Suvereto, Tuscany
- Briscola tournament in Ciciano for Chicago
- Today and Tomorrow, palla a 21 challenges (Il Tirreno, Aug. 17, 2019)
- Saturday, June 17: palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Palla a 21 training sessions in Torniella (with Torniella and Scalvaia folks)
- The Art of Play (2007 Summer event calendar for the City of Chicago, Illinois)
- Briscola Tournament for Chicago in Piloni
- Torniella (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – first presentation
- The map of “ball” locations
- Sep. 7 and 8, 2024: 1st Palla eh/Palla a 21 “Six Hamlets Tournament”
- Seconda presentation for “Palla a 21, dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno”
- Beginning of the project “Palla 21: from Tuscany to Chicago, and back”
- Luigi Ramazzotti Recalls some Historical Palla Players
- The “over- and under-” palla meetup in Tirli, Southern Tuscany
- Save the date: 11-13 Aug. 2017 – 38th palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Briscola Tournament “for Chicago” in Scalvaia
- Milano – palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – sesta puntata “Tutta mia la citta(‘)”
- briscola tournament for palla 21 in Chicago in Torniella
- Palla 21 Master Tournament
- Apr. 18, 2007: La Banda, Radio Popolare Milano on palla a 21
- Palla 21 a Chicago (e ritorno) – TRAILER
- Study mission by the Schumacher College
- The game
- Conference on Palla 21/palla eh! in Monticiano
- “Big Fish” radio show on Palla a 21: March 20, 2014
- Palla a 21: a primal primer
- Cronaca Vera magazine
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talks about the Palla Racket
- Palla 21: the rules according to Mario and Claudio, aka Bob
- Pro Chicago lunch in Scalvaia
- Aug 9, 2024: pibinko @ Poveri Ma Belli about Palla 21
- Waiting for the Palla 21 tournament in Piloni, August 22-23: let’s have a swim in the creek
- A whole Big Fish episode about palla a 21 and ancient games
- June 28, 2017, Torniella (Tuscany), Palla a 21 ball construction course, ep. 2
- Apr. 27, 2019. Come to learn all about palla eh!/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- Jul. 14, 2024 – Vetulonia (Southern Tuscany). 1st Palla Eh! Junior Campus
- Bingo evening to support the palla 21 to Chicago mission
- Workshop for the construction of the pall a 21/palla eh! ball
- Highlights from the 38th palla a 21 tournament in Scalvaia
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talk about Palla and Window Glassess
- Aug. 15, 2007, Il Tirreno
- Palla 21/eh! at the Lari (Pisa) cherry fair
- Bob Explains the Spirit of Palla 21 (or Palla Eh!) to Pietro and Adele
- Jan. 17, 2019: An evening chatting away about Palla a 21 (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition)
- Four-team palla 21 tournament in Torniella
- Palla 21 from Tuscany to Chicago and back / The documentary
- From July 16 to July 21: Palla a 21 goes to Chicago / The official schedule
- After three Palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments, waiting for the fourth
- …in Tirli they were missing their palla tournaments
- Where is the game played?
- The game from the hamlets conquers the States (La Nazione Grosseto edition, Jul 26, 2007)
- “Palla” class in Gavorrano, Southern Tuscany
- A “palla 21” ball is on its way to Colorado (USA)
- Highlights from the 2016 palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments (video)
- Article on Palla a 21 on Turismoinmaremma.wordpress.com
- Palla a 21: the Tournament in Piloni continues (Il Tirreno, Aug. 18, 2019)
- Palla 21 (or palla eh) tournament in Vetulonia, where you can catch the sea breeze
- Mar. 7, 2019: The Secrets of Palla eh!, and more, unveiled in Tirli (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
- Palla a 21 in Sassetta: how did it go?
- 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”
- Easter Egg Lottery for palla 21 in Chicago
- TV9 Report on the Ninth European Llargues Cup
- The palla a 21 ball
- Maremma in Diretta on Palla a 21/palla eh! – the recording (May 27, 2024)
- Geo Bernardini interviewed on Palla eh/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany