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World music as a categorical frame exists to elevate sonic works that emerge from specific cultural geographies, moving beyond the narrow mainstream of global popular music to center creative expressions that are shaped by the histories, values, and communal practices of the places that spawn them. This frame refuses to reduce regional sounds to novelty, instead treating each work as a meaningful piece of a global tapestry of creative practice that connects listeners to contexts far removed from their own daily experiences, while also highlighting the throughlines that tie all acts of sonic creation together, regardless of where they originate. Indonesia, the geographic root of the sound Siapa, is a nation whose creative landscape is as vast and varied as the archipelago itself, stretching across more than 17,000 islands that are home to hundreds of distinct cultural groups, each with their own longstanding traditions of sound-making that have evolved over centuries.
