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):
- …in Tirli they were missing their palla tournaments
- July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
- Interview #4: 21 (or palla eh!)
- Palla 21 at the Art of Play – rationale
- The game
- Torniella (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – first presentation
- Four-team palla 21 tournament in Torniella
- Pro Chicago lunch in Scalvaia
- Seconda presentation for “Palla a 21, dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno”
- Cronaca Vera magazine
- Save the date: 11-13 Aug. 2017 – 38th palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Palla a 21: from Tuscany to Milano and back
- Maremma in Diretta on Palla a 21/palla eh! – the recording (May 27, 2024)
- “Big Fish” radio show on Palla a 21: March 20, 2014
- Luigi Ramazzotti Recalls some Historical Palla Players
- Palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella: how did it go
- Today and Tomorrow, palla a 21 challenges (Il Tirreno, Aug. 17, 2019)
- Jul. 14, 2024 – Vetulonia (Southern Tuscany). 1st Palla Eh! Junior Campus
- Briscola Tournament for Chicago in Piloni
- The Art of Play (2007 Summer event calendar for the City of Chicago, Illinois)
- 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
- Blog post “Around Tuscany” on Palla a 21/palla eh!
- World Day of Games
- Video report from the 37th Palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Tuscany)
- Palla a 21 at “The village of kids” in Suvereto, Tuscany
- Briscola tournament in Ciciano for Chicago
- Palla 21 (or palla eh) tournament in Vetulonia, where you can catch the sea breeze
- Saturday, June 17: palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Waiting for the Palla 21 tournament in Piloni, August 22-23: let’s have a swim in the creek
- June 3, 2007: RAI Radio Due, L’Altro Lato
- Study mission by the Schumacher College
- Easter Egg Lottery for palla 21 in Chicago
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talks about the Palla Racket
- Milano – palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – sesta puntata “Tutta mia la citta(‘)”
- Geo Bernardini interviewed on Palla eh/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla Eh!
- Palla 21 from Tuscany to Chicago and back / The documentary
- The Square around the Ball, in San Francisco, California
- The palla21.it site mentioned by the Roccastrada Municipality
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talk about Palla and Window Glassess
- Palla 21 class in the Civitella Paganico primary school
- June 28, 2017, Torniella (Tuscany), Palla a 21 ball construction course, ep. 2
- Little Balls on the Hills, 2008 Edition
- The “over- and under-” palla meetup in Tirli, Southern Tuscany
- Aug. 15, 2007, Il Tirreno
- Palla 21 Master Tournament
- Palla a 21 conquers the United States (Jul. 25, 2007, Corriere di Maremma)
- Jan. 17, 2019: An Evening in Torniella speaking about palla a 21 (La Nazione, Grosseto Edition)
- Jan. 17, 2019: An evening chatting away about Palla a 21 (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition)
- A “palla 21” ball is on its way to Colorado (USA)
- Jul. 19, 2007. From Chicago, IL, for Tre Uomini in Barca (Radio Popolare Milano)
- TV9 Report on the Ninth European Llargues Cup
- The game from the hamlets conquers the States (La Nazione Grosseto edition, Jul 26, 2007)
- 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 2016 palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments (video)
- They day the ball got me – Connecting tiny Tuscan villages and large USA towns
- Recording of the radio interview to Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla eh! and the Farma Valley
- Palla a 21 training sessions in Torniella (with Torniella and Scalvaia folks)
- Highlights from the 40th palla eh! tournament in Ciciano (Siena)
- Palla 21: the rules according to Mario and Claudio, aka Bob
- Bingo evening to support the palla 21 to Chicago mission
- briscola tournament for palla 21 in Chicago in Torniella
- After three Palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments, waiting for the fourth
- Palla a 21: the Tournament in Piloni continues (Il Tirreno, Aug. 18, 2019)
- A whole Big Fish episode about palla a 21 and ancient games
- Beginning of the project “Palla 21: from Tuscany to Chicago, and back”
- Apr. 18, 2007: La Banda, Radio Popolare Milano on palla a 21
- From July 16 to July 21: Palla a 21 goes to Chicago / The official schedule
- Palla 21 a Chicago (e ritorno) – TRAILER
- Mar. 7, 2019: The Secrets of Palla eh!, and more, unveiled in Tirli (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
- Bob Explains the Spirit of Palla 21 (or Palla Eh!) to Pietro and Adele
- Apr. 27, 2019. Come to learn all about palla eh!/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- Palla a 21 demonstration and prize draw for the “pro Chicago” lottery (in Torniella)
- Highlights from the 38th palla a 21 tournament in Scalvaia
- Palla a 21: Clearing the Field
- Briscola Tournament “for Chicago” in Scalvaia
- Palla 21/eh! at the Lari (Pisa) cherry fair
- Tatti (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – quinta puntata “Il baricentro”
- The palla a 21 ball
- Palla a 21 at Tocatì Stree Game Festival 2007 (Verona)
- Where is the game played?
- Conference on Palla 21/palla eh! in Monticiano
- 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”
- Article on Palla a 21 on Turismoinmaremma.wordpress.com
- Workshop for the construction of the pall a 21/palla eh! ball