I got this when I 9 for Christmas and it was one of my favorite computer games! This music section sparked my love of sitars and steel drums (which I played in middle school bc somehow our small Catholic school had a whole set of steel drums and it was the best!!) I hold so much love for Encarta 97 and it's touching that I got to watch this again all these years later and still remember how it all sounds and how much 3rd grade me spent hours on this and enjoyed every second! It also encouraged me to listen to Arab music since my dad's side is Lebanese and Syrian.
I have a bunch of stills I took from the video I downloaded from youtube, so if anyone remembers and likes this, I'll be posting a lot more.
Encart 97 World Music Tour
Stills taken from Youtube, user RollOnToVictory