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Koreans choose Dance to Beat Loneliness
The elderly in South Korea are giving senior citizen centres a miss and choosing to visit colatecs instead. These colatecs, are a portmanteau of cola and discotheque, have arisen to serve South Korea’s aging population, as a growing number of lonely, impoverished and ailing people rediscover ways to entertain themselves after decades of hard work. Kim Sa gyu, 85 call it his play ground.
The elderly in South Korea are giving senior citizen centres a miss and choosing to visit colatecs instead. These colatecs, are a portmanteau of cola and discotheque, have arisen to serve South Korea’s aging population, as a growing number of lonely, impoverished and ailing people rediscover ways to entertain themselves after decades of hard work. Kim Sa gyu, 85 call it his play ground.
What else would I do all day? My family keeps busy with work. I hate going to senior centres as all they do there is smoke, said Kim, as he sat at the edge of a dance floor decorated with fairy lights.
The entrance fee is 1,000 won a fraction of what swanky clubs in Seoul’s affluent Gangnam charge. There are nearly 1,000 such families around the country and almost 2,000 people visit on a weekend day, said the owner of one such colatec.
