Anak Ni Waray takes its place within the long line of folk sounds originating from the Philippines, categorized under the Music/Folk umbrella that encompasses the full scope of community-led, tradition-rooted audio works that emerge from cultures around the world. The classification of Music/Folk carries with it a set of shared understandings about the purpose and origin of the works that fall under it, centering creative expressions that are tied to the identities of specific groups of people, rather than the commercial or mainstream creative impulses that define many other popular genre categories.