Melting Pot or Salad Bowl: Metro Manila's Cultural Heterogeneity

Abstract

Metro Manila is the bustling capital of the Philippines that has varied cultural influences. This study determined the perceptions of 200 respondents from selected government and private companies’ employees in the National Capital Region towards Metro Manila’s Salad Bowl of Homogeneity and Cultural Heterogeneity. Concurrent Triangulation was utilized to gather the perceptions of 200 government and private companies’ employees and corroborate findings within the study. Based on the results, people who keep in touch with their immediate kin and sometimes visit home to celebrate usual practices have the highest mean score of 3.25. On the other hand, people who were born in Metro Manila to parents who were from provinces thrive to learn about their native culture and family practices have the lowest mean score of 2.12, such that Metro Manila is a cultural melting pot due to its cultural heterogeneity. Metro Manila is a blend of the world’s culture, food, and languages, and diverse way of life.

Unveiling the Veil: Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Filipino College Students

“…The participants of this study are culture bearers: students who hail from different parts of the country and chose to study in Manila, Philippines, a melting pot of culture due to its cultural heterogeneity (Soriano, 2021). As students at a student-centered university, the participants learned to develop their collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and self-directed learning skills (Garcia et al, 2020).…”