World Music
World Music encompasses traditional folk, indigenous, ritual, and fusion styles from global cultures, showcasing unique rhythms, non-Western scales, authentic ethnic instruments, and vocal traditions to celebrate diverse heritages and cross-cultural exchanges.
Origin: Worldwide indigenous, folk, ritual music from Africa, Asia, Europe, Americas, Oceania; evolved via migration, trade, globalization.
Era: Ancient origins through colonial eras to modern fusions, spanning millennia of oral traditions and global recordings.
