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