The 'Poo Song' is a real, official song that exists to stop people defecating in public.

This is being called ‘The first Poo Song in the history of India’.

Which is kind of interesting, although not as interesting as the fact that India has an official national poo song.

Apparently, about half the population of India shits out in the open, which means there’s about 600 million piles of poo on the street at any given time. That’s 65 million kilos of turd a day. A day.

As you can imagine, that’s slightly inconvenient for all involved (you know, because hygiene/public health/clean shoes etc). But because the poo problem in India is due to both lack of education and access to toilet facilities, UNICEF has released an official campaign called ‘Poo2Loo‘, the crowning jewel of which is an animated video with a catchy song called ‘Poo Party’.

Obviously, it includes a bunch of giant turds chasing people through the streets, until everybody comes together and builds a giant bejewelled toilet-nightclub which lures all the shits in. They then trap them in the toilet, flush them away, and rejoice at their new clean and hygienic country:

On the official Poo2Loo website, Indians are asked to sign a pledge not to push out turds willy nilly on the street:

If this poo continues to be let loose on us, there will be no escaping the stench of life threatening infections, diseases and epidemics.

Think about it. Half the population doesn’t use a toilet while the other half of the population accepts it. We simply accept India as it is.  We are part of the issue, part of the acceptance.

So, if you give a shit about this issue, then don’t just scrunch up your nose and walk away.

Join the ‘Take Poo to the Loo’ campaign and pledge your support to a poo-free nation.

You may join this campaign by signing a personal pledge that will reach the Hon’ble President of India.

Every time you and your friends take the pledge, you signal your intolerance towards an India that accepts open defecation to none other than the Hon’ble President of India.

Only just over 1 million people have signed the pledge so far. Obviously the other 599 million haven’t seen the video.