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About this Song
World Music, the expansive, intentionally inclusive genre that centers place-specific, culturally rooted creative sound from communities across every inhabited region of the globe, frames the Indonesian sound Pelangi, a work that emerges from the vast, multifaceted cultural legacy of the world’s largest archipelago, a nation that has nurtured centuries of distinct, interconnected musical traditions across its more than 17,000 islands. As a genre, World Music was developed to create space for works that might otherwise be sidelined by the narrow commercial frameworks that prioritize mainstream pop, rock, and other globally dominant commercial styles, centering instead the inherent artistic value of works that are shaped by their local contexts, carrying with them the histories, values, and collective experiences of the communities that bring them into being.
