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