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