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Key Highlights The contest will be held at a local club in Surat with a registration fee of Rs 100. The What The Fart (WTF) farting contest was conceptualised by Yatin Sangoi

Surat: Social media is a treasure trove of comic things. From videos on hilarious pranks and goof ups to jokes and memes on comments and speeches, funny content is just a few taps away for anyone who is connected to the world wide web.

But before the social media boom happened, jokes on the internet were limited to specific areas. Toilet humour was one such area. In the mid and late 2000s, many websites provided fart jokes, that were circulated heavily through text messages.

Fart jokes may have faded with time but they never left the social space completely.

But now, jokes on flatulence have gone beyond the realm of the virtual world. At least in the state of Gujarat.

Believe it or not, a contest will be held in the state on September 22 to revive the whole discussion around fart and fart sounds. The What The Fart (WTF) farting contest, conceptualised by Yatin Sangoi, aims to judge how loud and melodic fart sounds are. In an interview to Vice, Sangoi and his partner, Mul Sanghvi, said they are looking for the next ‘Padshah’, whose farts will be the loudest, longest and most melodic.

“I farted in the middle of watching a movie with my family and one of them laughed, and said that if there was a contest, I would’ve won. That’s when it hit me that while fart contests happen in countries like China, UK, and the US, and even have a world cup, we don’t have anything like it in India,” Sangoi was quoted by Vice.

Sangoi says he wants to ‘noramalise the process’ of farting because it has become too sophisticated many consider it to be gross. He adds that many are even shamed publicly despite the fact that farting is one of the healthiest body functions.

The participant who will produce the longest and most melodic fart will take home a trophy and rewards anywhere between Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000. The contest will be held at a local club in Surat with a registration fee of Rs 100.

All the information and updates will be shared on the event page 'Fart Competition (Surat chapter)'. The social media posts will also include tips and hacks on how to win the fart-off, Sangoi said.