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):
- Aug 9, 2024: pibinko @ Poveri Ma Belli about Palla 21
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talks about the Palla Racket
- Jan. 17, 2019: An evening chatting away about Palla a 21 (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition)
- Conference on Palla 21/palla eh! in Monticiano
- Palla a 21 at “The village of kids” in Suvereto, Tuscany
- Four-team palla 21 tournament in Torniella
- Pro Chicago lunch in Scalvaia
- …in Tirli they were missing their palla tournaments
- Jul. 19, 2007. From Chicago, IL, for Tre Uomini in Barca (Radio Popolare Milano)
- Milano – palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – sesta puntata “Tutta mia la citta(‘)”
- Luigi Ramazzotti Recalls some Historical Palla Players
- The game
- Blog post “Around Tuscany” on Palla a 21/palla eh!
- Aug. 30, 2025- The Last Summer Palla 21 Tournament. All the Charm of an Ancient Game (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition)
- Bob Explains the Spirit of Palla 21 (or Palla Eh!) to Pietro and Adele
- They day the ball got me – Connecting tiny Tuscan villages and large USA towns
- Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla Eh!
- Briscola Tournament “for Chicago” in Scalvaia
- Palla a 21 in Sassetta: how did it go?
- Beginning of the project “Palla 21: from Tuscany to Chicago, and back”
- Jan. 17, 2019: An Evening in Torniella speaking about palla a 21 (La Nazione, Grosseto Edition)
- June 3, 2007: RAI Radio Due, L’Altro Lato
- Apr. 18, 2007: La Banda, Radio Popolare Milano on palla a 21
- Palla a 21 conquers the United States (Jul. 25, 2007, Corriere di Maremma)
- Article on Palla a 21 on Turismoinmaremma.wordpress.com
- Palla a 21 training sessions in Torniella (with Torniella and Scalvaia folks)
- Study mission by the Schumacher College
- Recording of the radio interview to Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla eh! and the Farma Valley
- The palla21.it site mentioned by the Roccastrada Municipality
- After three Palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments, waiting for the fourth
- 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
- Save the date: 11-13 Aug. 2017 – 38th palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Palla 21 (or palla eh) tournament in Vetulonia, where you can catch the sea breeze
- The Square around the Ball, in San Francisco, California
- A whole Big Fish episode about palla a 21 and ancient games
- Sep. 7 and 8, 2024: 1st Palla eh/Palla a 21 “Six Hamlets Tournament”
- Seconda presentation for “Palla a 21, dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno”
- Interview #4: 21 (or palla eh!)
- Talk at the Emilio Sereni Summer School on rural development
- Sep. 7, 2024 – Borghi show: Donzelle, peposo, notti bianche e fuochi d’artificio (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto)
- Easter Egg Lottery for palla 21 in Chicago
- Tatti (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – quinta puntata “Il baricentro”
- The Tournament Winners since 1977
- Highlights from the 38th palla a 21 tournament in Scalvaia
- Waiting for the Palla 21 tournament in Piloni, August 22-23: let’s have a swim in the creek
- Palla 21 a Chicago (e ritorno) – TRAILER
- “Palla” class in Gavorrano, Southern Tuscany
- Palla 21 at the Art of Play – rationale
- Workshop for the construction of the pall a 21/palla eh! ball
- From July 16 to July 21: Palla a 21 goes to Chicago / The official schedule
- “Ball Game Challenges” in Militi del Lavoro (1919)
- Today and Tomorrow, palla a 21 challenges (Il Tirreno, Aug. 17, 2019)
- Highlights from the 40th palla eh! tournament in Ciciano (Siena)
- Bingo evening to support the palla 21 to Chicago mission
- Jul. 14, 2024 – Vetulonia (Southern Tuscany). 1st Palla Eh! Junior Campus
- Palla a 21: the Tournament in Piloni continues (Il Tirreno, Aug. 18, 2019)
- Palla a 21: from Tuscany to Milano and back
- Video report from the 37th Palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Tuscany)
- briscola tournament for palla 21 in Chicago in Torniella
- Apr. 27, 2019. Come to learn all about palla eh!/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- The Art of Play (2007 Summer event calendar for the City of Chicago, Illinois)
- The game from the hamlets conquers the States (La Nazione Grosseto edition, Jul 26, 2007)
- Palla 21 class in the Civitella Paganico primary school
- 26, Grosseto, palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – terza puntata “Dalla piana milanese al lago Prile”
- The Dates for the 2025 Palla eh!/Palla a 21 Tournaments
- Little Balls on the Hills, 2008 Edition
- The palla a 21 ball
- World Day of Games
- June 28-29, 2025. First San Giovanni Tournament. Palla a 21/Palla eh! returns to Sassetta, Southern Tuscany
- Palla 21: the rules according to Mario and Claudio, aka Bob
- Briscola tournament in Ciciano for Chicago
- Palla a 21 demonstration and prize draw for the “pro Chicago” lottery (in Torniella)
- Palla a 21: a primal primer
- Palla 21 Master Tournament
- Oct. 11-13, 2019: 9th European Llargues Club Cup (Monticiano/Torniella/Ciciano, Tuscany) & Exhibition on the game of palla in Monticiano (until Oct. 27)
- Cronaca Vera magazine
- Where is the game played?
- Palla 21 from Tuscany to Chicago and back / The documentary
- The “over- and under-” palla meetup in Tirli, Southern Tuscany
- Palla a 21 at Tocatì Stree Game Festival 2007 (Verona)
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talk about Palla and Window Glassess
- Maremma in Diretta on Palla a 21/palla eh! – the recording (May 27, 2024)
- 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”
- June 9, 2025 – Maremma in Diretta on Palla Eh! (or palla a 21)
- Highlights from the 2016 palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments (video)
- Briscola Tournament for Chicago in Piloni
- TV9 Report on the Ninth European Llargues Cup
- “Big Fish” radio show on Palla a 21: March 20, 2014
- Aug. 15, 2007, Il Tirreno
- A “palla 21” ball is on its way to Colorado (USA)
- July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
- Geo Bernardini interviewed on Palla eh/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- Saturday, June 17: palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Tattistampa and Palla a 21 among the “111 places in the Maremme that you really must discover”
- Mar. 7, 2019: The Secrets of Palla eh!, and more, unveiled in Tirli (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
- Palla 21/eh! at the Lari (Pisa) cherry fair
- The map of “ball” locations
- Palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella: how did it go
- Palla a 21: Clearing the Field