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