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