The religion that me and my parents practice is Hinduism. Hinduism is a religion that i find very interesting and very unique in its own way.  The religion has opened my eyes to a new perspective on life and the world in general. Before as a child I did not find my religion as intriguing as other religions, but now that i have grown up I now understand what the priest is saying and take those important words into consideration. Hinduism focuses a lot on the concept of respect, and this might have been a reason why I did not like it as a child. Respect in that religion is one of the most important concepts, because if you don’t show respect others will look upon you as a very negative figure within that society, and this society is very strict. In the religion they say there are four people that must get all your respect in order to live a happy life. These four people are your parents, the priest, god himself, and your teacher.  If you fail to respect 2/4 of these figures we believe that your soul will not be able to find another body, and if it does you will face the punishment that you had caused in your past lifetime. These people all have played such an influential part in my life so it would just be common sense to respect them back of course and I would assume this would be something occurring in many other peoples religions as well. The celebrations that our religion participates in are, I’m guessing one of the more obvious differences between the other religions. Hinduism traditions include many bright colours because it is meant to keep demons and other evil spirits away from our bodies and our household. By keeping these demons away we prevent there negative energy to influence us therefore letting us focus on the key concept of respecting the four figures. Since respect is such an important virtue in the Hindu society we are trying to improve on how to practice it and to build a stronger knowledge towards what your people are saying. This is how and why religion means a lot to me.