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