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