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