Shibaricon bills itself as the "Premier annual educational
rope bondage conference". The name comes from shibari, a term for
Japanese bondage and con, the suffix commonly used to denote a
conference or convention.
The first Shibaricon was held at the Holiday Inn O'Hare International in Chicago, May 28-31,
2004. The event drew almost 300
attendees, instructors, and vendors. Over 80 classes and
workshops were held covering Japanese and western
rope bondage techniques and related BDSM
practices such as mummification, flogging,
play piercing, and bondage photography. Evening entertainment included a fetish fashion show , a showing of Dominatrix Waitrix , a
dominatrix-comedienne, a bondage competition, and three play
parties.
Shibaricon 2005 will be held May 27-30, at the Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
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