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