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):
- Palla a 21 in Sassetta: how did it go?
- The Art of Play (2007 Summer event calendar for the City of Chicago, Illinois)
- Article on Palla a 21 on Turismoinmaremma.wordpress.com
- Palla 21 from Tuscany to Chicago and back / The documentary
- Video report from the 37th Palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Tuscany)
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talk about Palla and Window Glassess
- briscola tournament for palla 21 in Chicago in Torniella
- Highlights from the 2016 palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments (video)
- Waiting for the Palla 21 tournament in Piloni, August 22-23: let’s have a swim in the creek
- Tatti (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – quinta puntata “Il baricentro”
- Saturday, June 17: palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Apr. 18, 2007: La Banda, Radio Popolare Milano on palla a 21
- Palla a 21 conquers the United States (Jul. 25, 2007, Corriere di Maremma)
- Save the date: 11-13 Aug. 2017 – 38th palla a 21 tournament in Torniella (Southern Tuscany)
- Interview #4: 21 (or palla eh!)
- June 3, 2007: RAI Radio Due, L’Altro Lato
- Bingo evening to support the palla 21 to Chicago mission
- 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)
- From July 16 to July 21: Palla a 21 goes to Chicago / The official schedule
- Today and Tomorrow, palla a 21 challenges (Il Tirreno, Aug. 17, 2019)
- The palla21.it site mentioned by the Roccastrada Municipality
- Sep. 7 and 8, 2024: 1st Palla eh/Palla a 21 “Six Hamlets Tournament”
- 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
- Highlights from the 40th palla eh! tournament in Ciciano (Siena)
- Aug 9, 2024: pibinko @ Poveri Ma Belli about Palla 21
- Mar. 7, 2019: The Secrets of Palla eh!, and more, unveiled in Tirli (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
- Briscola tournament in Ciciano for Chicago
- Palla a 21 training sessions in Torniella (with Torniella and Scalvaia folks)
- Geo Bernardini interviewed on Palla eh/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- 26, Grosseto, palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – terza puntata “Dalla piana milanese al lago Prile”
- The palla a 21 ball
- Jul. 14, 2024 – Vetulonia (Southern Tuscany). 1st Palla Eh! Junior Campus
- A “palla 21” ball is on its way to Colorado (USA)
- Beginning of the project “Palla 21: from Tuscany to Chicago, and back”
- Cronaca Vera magazine
- The “over- and under-” palla meetup in Tirli, Southern Tuscany
- Little Balls on the Hills, 2008 Edition
- Palla a 21: a primal primer
- Apr. 27, 2019. Come to learn all about palla eh!/palla a 21 in Tirli, Tuscany
- Palla a 21 at Tocatì Stree Game Festival 2007 (Verona)
- Four-team palla 21 tournament in Torniella
- Briscola Tournament for Chicago in Piloni
- Palla 21 Master Tournament
- Palla a 21: the Tournament in Piloni continues (Il Tirreno, Aug. 18, 2019)
- After three Palla a 21/palla eh! tournaments, waiting for the fourth
- Conference on Palla 21/palla eh! in Monticiano
- Sep. 7, 2024 – Borghi show: Donzelle, peposo, notti bianche e fuochi d’artificio (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto)
- TV9 Report on the Ninth European Llargues Cup
- The game
- Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla Eh!
- Oct. 11-13, 2019: 9th European Llargues Club Cup (Monticiano/Torniella/Ciciano, Tuscany) & Exhibition on the game of palla in Monticiano (until Oct. 27)
- Jan. 17, 2019: An evening chatting away about Palla a 21 (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition)
- …in Tirli they were missing their palla tournaments
- They day the ball got me – Connecting tiny Tuscan villages and large USA towns
- Blog post “Around Tuscany” on Palla a 21/palla eh!
- Briscola Tournament “for Chicago” in Scalvaia
- Bob Explains the Spirit of Palla 21 (or Palla Eh!) to Pietro and Adele
- Where is the game played?
- “Big Fish” radio show on Palla a 21: March 20, 2014
- Palla 21/eh! at the Lari (Pisa) cherry fair
- Workshop for the construction of the pall a 21/palla eh! ball
- Palla 21 at the Art of Play – rationale
- Palla a 21 ball construction course in Torniella: how did it go
- The Square around the Ball, in San Francisco, California
- Palla 21: the rules according to Mario and Claudio, aka Bob
- World Day of Games
- 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”
- Palla a 21: from Tuscany to Milano and back
- Luigi Ramazzotti Talks about the Palla Racket
- June 28, 2017, Torniella (Tuscany), Palla a 21 ball construction course, ep. 2
- “Palla” class in Gavorrano, Southern Tuscany
- A whole Big Fish episode about palla a 21 and ancient games
- Torniella (GR): palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – first presentation
- Palla a 21 at “The village of kids” in Suvereto, Tuscany
- Palla a 21: Clearing the Field
- Aug. 15, 2007, Il Tirreno
- Maremma in Diretta on Palla a 21/palla eh! – the recording (May 27, 2024)
- Palla 21 a Chicago (e ritorno) – TRAILER
- Study mission by the Schumacher College
- Milano – palla 21/eh! dalla Toscana a Milano e ritorno – sesta puntata “Tutta mia la citta(‘)”
- Palla a 21 demonstration and prize draw for the “pro Chicago” lottery (in Torniella)
- Luigi Ramazzotti Recalls some Historical Palla Players
- Palla 21 class in the Civitella Paganico primary school
- Jan. 17, 2019: An Evening in Torniella speaking about palla a 21 (La Nazione, Grosseto Edition)
- July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
- Easter Egg Lottery for palla 21 in Chicago
- Recording of the radio interview to Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla eh! and the Farma Valley
- Pro Chicago lunch in Scalvaia
- Jul. 19, 2007. From Chicago, IL, for Tre Uomini in Barca (Radio Popolare Milano)