Excitement is building up for the Melanesia Arts and Culture festival starting this week in Vanuatu.
Only the Papua New Guinea delegation is yet to arrive into the capital Port Vila to join cultural contingents from Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Fiji which were welcomed by the hosts on Sunday and Monday.
RNZ Pacific's Vanuatu correspondent Hilare Bule spoke with the chairman of the festival organizing committee, Richard Ching.