Yeah, I think this part of the issue. If some music is categorised as ‘world’ music, what category does the other music fit into? I do admit I would be interested in something called ‘non-world’ music though. It’s sort of a Euro/US centric way of casually lumping “everything that’s not us” into one category’
It’s a little bit like how North America calls its baseball competition ‘the world series’, but in reverse?
Edit: anyway, this is an example that both satisfifes the OP question, and exemplifies the issues.
Mostly categories that are well known enough locally to be referred to without almost everyone saying “What’s that”. It’s not an us and them thing. Samba has its own category. Afro-Cuban. I don’t see the conspiracy… It’s ease of reference. It might seem lazy to some, but I don’t think there’s a useful alternative.
No problem! Thanks for reminding me that I need to see more Herzog movies. I didn’t know he used this music for any of his films. He always had good taste in what sounds best suited his films.