Kitsch Catch is a regular feature highlighting the sillier side of spirituality and today's interesting mix of faith and fashion and cult and culture. ---------------------------------------- Summer is the time for a lot of walking, so why not take the Middle Path while wearing these Buddah [sic] Bead Thongs from Esprit? Embellished with Buddhist prayer beads these beauties are perfect for the feet of any faithful.

When strung together, prayer beads make up a mala, Sanskrit for garland. Malas are used for counting repetitions of a mantra or prayer, or for counting a chant of the names of the Buddha. There are 108 beads on traditional Buddhist malas.

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