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English: The Rapa Nui term "Te Pito Kura" translates to "Golden Navel", or "Navel of Light", while "Te Pito Te Henua" translates to "Navel of the World"; which is what Rapa Nui is often referred to by its residents, referencing its place in Polynesian mythology. This specific site is the navel of the navel, as it were, located on the island's shore near Anakena, the spot where Rapa Nui's legendary founding figure, Hotu Matura, is said to have landed. Stone barriers surround a worked stone sphere (the "navel" itself) measuring some 75 centimeters in diameter, reputedly brought by Hotu Matura from overseas. Geological sourcing, however, indicates the sphere is actually of local origin. The Ahu next to Te Pito Kura also has the largest moai (Paro, standing 9.8 meters tall at 82 tons, with an 11.5 ton pukao) known to have been ever erected on an ahu; toppled sometime after 1838, it was one of the last (if not the last) standing moai on the island until modern times.