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Across Indonesia’s archipelago, which stretches across more than 17,000 islands holding hundreds of distinct cultural communities, the creative traditions that feed into the country’s world music output draw from millennia of shared intercultural exchange and localized artistic evolution, laying the groundwork for every sound that carries the country’s signature within the global world music category. World music as a framework centers works rooted in the specific cultural identities of communities around the globe, lifting up creative output that might otherwise sit outside the narrow boundaries of mainstream global commercial music, and Indonesian creators have long contributed vital, distinctive work to this space, drawing from the archipelago’s rich tapestry of cultural practice to craft works that resonate both within local communities and with audiences around the world who turn to world music to engage with creative expression rooted in specific, place-based cultural identities.
