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