A boy who went viral for his effusive praise of corn was invited to South Dakota’s “Corn Palace” and named the state’s official “Corn-Bassador” for the weekend.
The state Department of Tourism welcomed “Corn Kid” Tariq, whose corn comment in a Recess Therapy video became a viral TikTok audio, to the “World’s Only Corn Palace” in Mitchell, North Dakota. South.
In the viral video, 7-year-old Tariq says that when he tried buttered corn, “everything changed.”
He described the vegetable as “a big knobby lump” and juice. “I can’t imagine anything more beautiful,” Tariq said in the interview.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (right) issued a proclamation filled with puns and references to Tariq’s viral video, declaring September 3 as “Official Corn Bassist Tariq Day.”
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“South Dakota is one of the top corn producers in the nation, feeding people around the world, but especially Tariq, a 7-year-old boy who recently discovered that corn was real,” Noem said in her statement. .
“Ever since he was told corn was real, Tariq wholeheartedly believes it tastes good, especially with butter; and… Tariq’s determination that the corn is “amazing” and “a big knobby lump with (and) juice on it” has led him to be unable to imagine anything more beautiful.”
According to local media, Tariq will also receive a scholarship to learn about the South Dakota agritourism industry.
Source: thehill.com