Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation, is home to more than 1,300 distinct ethnic communities spread across over 17,000 islands, each carrying layered, millennia-old cultural practices that shape every form of creative expression emerging from the region, including the works that fall under the global umbrella of world music. World music as a category centers creative works that draw from rooted, community-specific cultural traditions, framing them for audiences across the globe while honoring their origins, and Indonesian contributions to this space are among the most varied and influential in the world, spanning the diverse sonic lineages of Java, Sumatra, Bali, Sulawesi, West Papua, and the countless smaller islands that make up the country’s territorial and cultural reach.