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