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