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