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