International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN: 2319-7064 SJIF (2020): 7.803 Volume 10 Issue 11, November 2021 www.ijsr.net Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY Understanding Classical Mechanics in Early Filipino Culture Ramil M. Arciosa Faculty, College of Teacher Education(CTE), Sultan Kudarat State University; Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines ramilarciosa[at]sksu.edu.ph/mcmaril2017[at]gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2993-8185 , NRCP Division IX-Physics, Associate Member Abstract: This ethnography research focuses on the connection between the indigenous knowledge of Manuvu Erumanen of Cotabato Province, particularly in their crafts into the concepts of classical mechanics, a branch of Physical science. Through in-depth investigation, the author found out that these Indigenous Peoples(IP) lived mostly at Central Mindanao descendants of Mamanwa's (Dillo, 2021), as the first Filipino landed in the Philippines, vibrates their indigenous heritages particularly the bamboo weaving crafts and found out that there is a strong connection between the concepts of classical mechanics, particularly in volume and Newton’s law of mechanics to their indigenous knowledge, system and traditions without formal training in physics education. Keywords: Manuvu Erumanen, Mamanwa, classical mechanics, Linikan, Indigenous People(IP’s),Central Mindanao 1. Introduction This COVID -19 pandemic has hampered the Filipinos all over the Philippines in terms of economic status queue particularly in their daily living, jobs, and productivity. According to Karl Chua (2021), as Secretary of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) concluded that the worker's productivity will be lower due to death, illness, and lack of schooling, impact on productivity is permanent. Further consumptions and investments will be lower in the next ten(10) years due to lower demand in sectors that require social distancing particularly in amusement, tourism, restaurants, and public transportation, consequently tax revenues will be lower. He reiterated that there were huge losses of incomes like in 2020 alone a 4.3 Trillion pesos and he anticipated a 37.0 trillion Pesos for the next 10 to 40 years. As this project started, the author amazes at this local heritage of some major IP groups, the Manuvo Erumanen lived on their thousands of acres ancestral domains in far- flung, mountainous areas in Central Mindanao, if the Philippine government support this basketry industry productions, this could help a lot in terms of income and promising emerging industry in this countryside. According to Power et. al(2020) that Indigenous Peoples experience a more significant burden of noncommunicable and infectious diseases generally, and this is related to social and health inequities stemming from invasion and subsequent colonization. This is also the reason they try to be in a remote area, which no one can dictate what they want to do. The modern invasions in terms of the ways and means of their daily living affect much on the preservation of their cultural heritage, as utter by their IPs chieftain, their basketry weaving is almost erased in the mind of the younger generations. Preservation is cant fully address without the help of the different agencies which cater to the improvement of the quality of life of Filipino Indigenous People, particularly in this area. However, the main issue here is the preservation and documentation of the Erumanen Manuvu basketry weaving which the Philippine government should intervene before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, realize to be one of the emerging industry because we have a lot of talented IPs who inherited from ancient Filipinos. Further, the integration of this inherited heritage should be in equilibrium in Science, Mathematics, and technology concepts, so that acceptability could inject in the international arena. In Meneses-Navarro et.al (2020), some challenges need to be addressed by governments to guarantee the health and lives of those at the bottom of the social structure: the indigenous peoples in the region. As a researcher, the writer was motivated in pursuing this study to connect the concepts of basket weaving as the cultural heritage of Erumanen Manuvu into emerging science-based indigenous crafts. 2. Related Literature Basketry Crafts has been detected as the major cultural heritage that this ancient civilization pass in through this modern industrial civilization, according to Romero- Brugués, S., Huerta, R. P., & Herrero-Ortal, M. (2021) that they detected the early basketry techniques based on remains found at the site of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain). La Draga has yielded a series of basketry fragments dated to 5300– 5000 cal. BC introduces novel information about the use of natural materials to make baskets and the techniques involved in their fabrication. In the study of Pazon, A. N. R., & Del Rio, J. M. P. (2018) emphasized that baskets serve as a national icon for Filipinos signifying agricultural, cultural relevance and are used as containers and traditional bags of the Filipino farmers for its products or a status symbol of the women amongst different indigenous groups. Further, the forms, style, usage, and economic relevance of the different indigenous baskets and transcend culture. In their study, the most common raw materials used in making baskets are rattan, abaca, nito, tikog, buri, bamboo, pandan, coconut leaves and sticks, palm leaves, and beeswax. Further the different materials, functions, weaving patterns, and cultural relevance of the different baskets in the Philippines particularly in Central Mindanao, where the Manobu Dulangan of Sultan Kudarat and Erumanen Manuvu of Cotabato province still practice this kind of basketry weaving. According to De Las Penas, M. L. A. N., Garciano, A. D., & Verzosa, D. M. (2021) that the art of Paper ID: MR211023202713 DOI: 10.21275/MR211023202713 189