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):
- Mar. 7, 2019: The Secrets of Palla eh!, and more, unveiled in Tirli (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
- Tattistampa and Palla a 21 among the “111 places in the Maremme that you really must discover”
- Palla a 21: from Tuscany to Milano and back
- Palla a 21: Clearing the Field
- Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla Eh!
- Jan. 17, 2019: An evening chatting away about Palla a 21 (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition)
- Waiting for the Palla 21 tournament in Piloni, August 22-23: let’s have a swim in the creek
- Pro Chicago lunch in Scalvaia
- The Dates for the 2025 Palla eh!/Palla a 21 Tournaments
- Four-team palla 21 tournament in Torniella
- The game from the hamlets conquers the States (La Nazione Grosseto edition, Jul 26, 2007)
- After three Palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments, waiting for the fourth
- Palla a 21 conquers the United States (Jul. 25, 2007, Corriere di Maremma)
- TV9 Report on the Ninth European Llargues Cup
- Palla 21 at the Art of Play – rationale
- Blog post “Around Tuscany” on Palla a 21/palla eh!
- …in Tirli they were missing their palla tournaments
- Easter Egg Lottery for palla 21 in Chicago
- Palla a 21 demonstration and prize draw for the “pro Chicago” lottery (in Torniella)
- Aug. 15, 2007, Il Tirreno
- “Palla” class in Gavorrano, Southern Tuscany
- Highlights from the 38th palla a 21 tournament in Scalvaia
- July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
- Palla a 21 in Sassetta: how did it go?
- Interview #4: 21 (or palla eh!)
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talks about the Palla Racket
- June 3, 2007: RAI Radio Due, L’Altro Lato
- June 28-29, 2025. First San Giovanni Tournament. Palla a 21/Palla eh! returns to Sassetta, Southern Tuscany
- A “palla 21” ball is on its way to Colorado (USA)
- Jan. 17, 2019: An Evening in Torniella speaking about palla a 21 (La Nazione, Grosseto Edition)
- Aug. 30, 2025- The Last Summer Palla 21 Tournament. All the Charm of an Ancient Game (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition)
- Study mission by the Schumacher College
- The palla a 21 ball
- Palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella: how did it go
- Jul. 19, 2007. From Chicago, IL, for Tre Uomini in Barca (Radio Popolare Milano)
- Palla 21 from Tuscany to Chicago and back / The documentary
- Tatti (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – quinta puntata “Il baricentro”
- “Ball Game Challenges” in Militi del Lavoro (1919)
- “Big Fish” radio show on Palla a 21: March 20, 2014
- 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”
- They day the ball got me – Connecting tiny Tuscan villages and large USA towns
- Palla a 21 training sessions in Torniella (with Torniella and Scalvaia folks)
- Palla a 21: a primal primer
- Palla 21 a Chicago (e ritorno) – TRAILER
- Palla 21 class in the Civitella Paganico primary school
- Where is the game played?
- Luigi Ramazzotti Recalls some Historical Palla Players
- Recording of the radio interview to Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla eh! and the Farma Valley
- Palla 21/eh! at the Lari (Pisa) cherry fair
- From July 16 to July 21: Palla a 21 goes to Chicago / The official schedule
- Palla a 21 at “The village of kids” in Suvereto, Tuscany
- Palla a 21 at Tocatì Stree Game Festival 2007 (Verona)
- Apr. 18, 2007: La Banda, Radio Popolare Milano on palla a 21
- Saturday, June 17: palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Palla 21: the rules according to Mario and Claudio, aka Bob
- Conference on Palla 21/palla eh! in Monticiano
- Bingo evening to support the palla 21 to Chicago mission
- Cronaca Vera magazine
- Jul. 14, 2024 – Vetulonia (Southern Tuscany). 1st Palla Eh! Junior Campus
- Save the date: 11-13 Aug. 2017 – 38th palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Seconda presentation for “Palla a 21, dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno”
- Little Balls on the Hills, 2008 Edition
- The map of “ball” locations
- Briscola Tournament “for Chicago” in Scalvaia
- Maremma in Diretta on Palla a 21/palla eh! – the recording (May 27, 2024)
- Bob Explains the Spirit of Palla 21 (or Palla Eh!) to Pietro and Adele
- briscola tournament for palla 21 in Chicago in Torniella
- 26, Grosseto, palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – terza puntata “Dalla piana milanese al lago Prile”
- Palla 21 Master Tournament
- The Art of Play (2007 Summer event calendar for the City of Chicago, Illinois)
- Apr. 27, 2019. Come to learn all about palla eh!/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- Talk at the Emilio Sereni Summer School on rural development
- Palla 21 (or palla eh) tournament in Vetulonia, where you can catch the sea breeze
- World Day of Games
- Aug 9, 2024: pibinko @ Poveri Ma Belli about Palla 21
- Milano – palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – sesta puntata “Tutta mia la citta(‘)”
- Article on Palla a 21 on Turismoinmaremma.wordpress.com
- Sep. 7 and 8, 2024: 1st Palla eh/Palla a 21 “Six Hamlets Tournament”
- Video report from the 37th Palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Tuscany)
- A whole Big Fish episode about palla a 21 and ancient games
- The palla21.it site mentioned by the Roccastrada Municipality
- Today and Tomorrow, palla a 21 challenges (Il Tirreno, Aug. 17, 2019)
- Briscola Tournament for Chicago in Piloni
- The Tournament Winners since 1977
- Workshop for the construction of the pall a 21/palla eh! ball
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talk about Palla and Window Glassess
- June 9, 2025 – Maremma in Diretta on Palla Eh! (or palla a 21)
- Beginning of the project “Palla 21: from Tuscany to Chicago, and back”
- The game
- Torniella (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – first presentation
- Palla a 21: the Tournament in Piloni continues (Il Tirreno, Aug. 18, 2019)
- Oct. 11-13, 2019: 9th European Llargues Club Cup (Monticiano/Torniella/Ciciano, Tuscany) & Exhibition on the game of palla in Monticiano (until Oct. 27)
- Briscola tournament in Ciciano for Chicago
- The “over- and under-” palla meetup in Tirli, Southern Tuscany
- Sep. 7, 2024 – Borghi show: Donzelle, peposo, notti bianche e fuochi d’artificio (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto)
- The Square around the Ball, in San Francisco, California
- Highlights from the 40th palla eh! tournament in Ciciano (Siena)
- June 28, 2017, Torniella (Tuscany), Palla a 21 ball construction course, ep. 2
- Highlights from the 2016 palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments (video)
- Geo Bernardini interviewed on Palla eh/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany