The Vodafone Festival of the Friendly North will start in the next hour with a float procession that will go through Labasa town to Subrail Park.
Festival’s Media Officer, Vincent Sahayam says there are nine queen contestants and four king contestants this year.
He says funds collected during the festival will go towards their project of building a multi-purpose hall in Labasa which is expected to cost $1 million.
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