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