Gokarna Aunsi
Gokarna Aunsi, literally translated as cow-eared and no moon night, is a late August or early September celebration in Nepal where the Hindu population worships the cow-eared incarnation of lord Shiva and their fathers. It is also known as Kushe Aausi and Bubako mukh herne din, because, apart from giving gifts, sons perform a certain ceremony; they touch their father's feet with their forehead and look at father's eyes, while daughters only have to touch his hand before looking.
Many people go to the Shiva temple of Gokarneswor Mahadev, in Gokarna, a suburb of Kathmandu, and they bathe and make offerings in the new moon day. People whose father has died also perform Shraddha.
The Nepali celebration is completely unrelated to the Western celebration of Father's Day.
It falls on August 30 in 2019.
