kabamaasin

It's been awhile that one can witness in Maasin an actual moving of one's fully-built house from one place to another by inserting bamboo poles underneath and carried by several people over their shoulders or backs. These houses were mostly made of wood with nipa roofings and posts supporting the whole structure. As soon as the time comes for the need to transfer, the house owner would ask help from his neighbors to actually carry his house to another location. This would not cost the owner anything although he can provide food and refreshments for the people who helped. Basically the labor involved is purely voluntary. In the local dialect this is called "kaba" which is associated with carrying heavy loads over the shoulder and backs. In the Tagalog regions, this is known as "bayanihan" which is now commonly used to mean community volunteerism, self-help and teamwork.

This is how Kaba-Maasin Las Vegas came about, derived from that infamous word associated with human fellowship. The concept has been adopted as the essence of the group's fellowship, to carry each other on their backs specially in times of need. As the number of Maasinhons that chose to settle in Las Vegas increases, it is undeniable that a small Maasinhon community is born. To preserve the culture, traditions and morals that is uniquely Filipino and specifically Maasinhon, more often than not Maasinhons in Las Vegas come together to update each other's lives, help each other and sometimes look back to their beloved hometown in the Philippines to help.

Kaba-Maasin Las Vegas is a non-affiliated fellowship of Maasinhons residing in Las Vegas. This fiercely independent fellowship was bonded out of personal friendships from way back home, nurtured and raised to a much higher level in this part of the world.