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