[SkateDC] Buggy Rollin In A New Shiny Suit [Off Topic]

[George Marinkovich]

This video finds our French friend in Igidae, South Korea, wearing a new shiny suit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eK2hnqSzxQ&feature=sdig&et=1251482568.84

On this run he even manages to wear out one of his knee wheels.  

But of course, all this is just an excuse to tell the fascinating story of the origin of Igidae:


                       "Although no 
                        exact data has been reported for the name Igidae, it can 
                        be summarized as below:
 

                        First, according to the book Dongraeyeongji (edited by 
                        Hyeongha Lee, the Jwasusa, or naval commander of the Left, 
                        1850) which introduces the history and the geography of 
                        Jwasuyeong (the navy camp of the Left) in the Choseon 
                        Period, the place was called Igidae. It said that it was 
                        located 15-ri distant from Jwasuyeong to the south, and 
                        there were two kisaeng-girls’ (singing and dancing girls) 
                        graves located there. No other detailed explanation was 
                        written. 

Second, 
                          it is said that the Jwasusa of Gyeongsang-do Province 
                          visited the place with two kisaengs, so the place was 
                          called as Igidae (Place with Two Kisaengs). In old days, 
                          high-ranking officials often called in a kisaeng, so 
                          it can be understandable to be called Igidae (Place 
                          with Two Kisaengs), but it is general opinion that naming 
                          such a beautiful place after the graves of two kisaengs 
                          who were included in the lower-class is hard to understand. 
                          

                          

                          Third, according to Hanbok Choi (1895∼1968), the folklore 
                          historian of Suyeong, when the Japanese army conquered 
                          Suyeong Fortress and gave a banquet at the beautiful 
                          place during Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592, one 
                          righteous kiseang volunteered for participating in the 
                          banquet and served wine to a Japanese commander to the 
                          fullest. Then, she held the commander, who was fully 
                          drunken, in her arms and jumped down to the water to 
                          kill him and herself. According to this opinion, Igidae 
                          means Place of the Righteous Kisaeng, not Place with 
                          Two Kisaengs.

                          

                          However, the name Igidae was already recorded as ‘Place 
                          with Two Kisaengs’ in the book Dongraeyeongji, which 
                          is an official record 150 years ago based on further 
                          previous data; thus, this meaning is the most legitimate."  
-- http://bsnamgu.go.kr/cultural/english/recommend/legidae.htm

Enjoy,
George