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