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