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