{"id":513950,"date":"2025-10-20T08:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/513950\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:43:26","slug":"german-ambassador-philipp-ackermann-germany-is-also-getting-into-the-diwali-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/513950\/","title":{"rendered":"German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann: Germany is also getting into the Diwali mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/diwali-is-a-very-beautiful-festival-for-philipp-ackermann.jpg\" alt=\"German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann: Germany is also getting into the Diwali mode\" title=\"Diwali is \u201ca very beautiful festival\u201d for Philipp Ackermann\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Diwali is \u201ca very beautiful festival\u201d for Philipp Ackermann At his favourite <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/diwali\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diwali<\/a> party of the season \u2013 an event where the Indian Embassy staff invite their German colleagues \u2013 Ambassador Philipp Ackermann meets us. Complimenting the staff on the colourful rangoli and festive decorations, he poses near the selfie booth. \u201cThe nice thing about Diwali is you have lots of parties. And this one\u2019s my favourite. It\u2019s a wonderful tradition, and it gets more lavish every year. Everybody dresses up, there\u2019s food and dancing. And you know the Germans&#8230; They are a little hesitant at the beginning but Indians pull them to the dance floor in no time!\u201d says the Ambassador.\u2018Indians are very generous people\u2019Over the years, the generosity and warmth of Indians have stood out to the Ambassador as de\ufb01ning features of the festival. \u201cDiwali is a wonderful festival because it\u2019s not only the beautiful decorations and the generous gifts, but it\u2019s also about partying together. It\u2019s the big togetherness. And Indians are very generous people.When we have our togetherness on Christmas, it\u2019s very intimate. It\u2019s the family coming together. But here, people invite you generously to their homes, and they open their homes to you, and you have a great experience. People show the most wonderful hospitality. And it has a very magical touch; it\u2019s a very beautiful festival,\u201d he tells us.\u2018Everybody loves Bollywood and dancing\u2019Speaking about how the festive spirit is spreading to his home country, Ambassador Ackermann points out, \u201cGermany, with a growing Indian community, is getting more into the Diwali mode. And I think we\u2019ll also see more Diwali parties. So, India has the reputation of being a party country in Germany. That comes from Bollywood, of course, and dancing. And I think in the bigger cities (in Germany), where you have a solid Indian community, Diwali shines way outside the community too. I think it becomes more and more a part of our daily life in some aspects as well.\u201d He adds that openness and inclusivity lie at the heart of the festival\u2019s charm. \u201cWhen you\u2019re in for a good party that\u2019s already inclusive. I think the inclusivity comes through reaching out to the foreigners \u2013 \u2018Come and share the joy and our happiness about this festival, and be part of it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diwali is \u201ca very beautiful festival\u201d for Philipp Ackermann At his favourite Diwali party of the season \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[71495,6288,35745,156773,2000,299,167976,1824,39840],"class_list":{"0":"post-513950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-ambassador","9":"tag-bollywood","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-diwali","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-festive-decorations","15":"tag-germany","16":"tag-indian-embassy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115405613227814843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}