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    Qualcuno può aiutarmi a capire il contesto storico dietro questo segno?

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    1. Plastic-Software-174 on

      Sorry for the obvious touristy question, was just a bit intrigued when I saw this sign in a bathroom and wondered what the story behind it was. Is this a play on a well-known cultural stereotype in Italy, or just a random thing some store owner thought it would be funny to put in a sign? Would this be surprising to an Italian as well or no?

    2. Dottor_Nesciu on

      I took a while to understand, it means like Native Americans scouts not leaving marks behind them. It’s just a joke, the owner probably read a lot of Tex and saw a lot of Spaghetti Western.

    3. gioviascari on

      I think that’s referred to native americans, which in the mind of the people are always stealthy and silent when they move

    4. Some-Benefit-8930 on

      In practice he suggested not shaking left and right and spreading your urine on the ground.

    5. Effective_Ad8812 on

      I don’t think it’s Italian, “leave no trace” it’s very native American Indians thing.

    6. Neurotic_Good42 on

      I think the sign references a trope in Westerns where the “Indians” are described as being able to go somewhere and then leave without a trace

    7. Nosciolito on

      We have a strange obsession with Indians (Native Americans) in Italy so they are in a lot of expression

    8. BioIdra on

      I remember I was told from my parents that the indiani d’america (native americans) would move in a way to not leave tracks or cover them in the wild, the sign seems to reference this belief It might originate from western movies, it was a very popular genre some years ago but not sure,

    9. tokyo_blues on

      It’s a reference to Western/Spaghetti Western film tropes.

      “Indiani” here refers to to Indian citizens, but rather to Native Americans. Native Americans were always depicted as cunning people, who had an in-depth knowledge of their land, and who never left “any traces” as they retreated or disappeared deeper into their territory.

      So it’s “do like the Native Americans did – leave no traces” 

    11. Knee_Hill on

      I don’t find the sign very intuitive, at least to me as a native speaker, which I guess is why it kinda explains what it means by adding “Don’t leave any traces”.
      Without that I would not make the connection.

      Especially since we already have the turn of phrase “Fare l’indiano”, but it means a completely different thing.

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