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