Vietnam dating back to the first millennium. These Southeast Asian nations shared Hindu-Buddhist culture, civilization and archaeological heritages, such as Angkor Wat, Borobudur, Bagan, Ayutthaya, Luang Prabang, and Huế. The Borobudur declaration On 28 August 2006 the symposium took place in Borobudur Archaeological park. A massive presence of security forces safeguarded the venue, fortunately, it was positioned in a way to provide maximum security and at the same time being virtually invisible temple itself, maintaining the serene atmosphere of the site and the surrounding gardens. Along with internal meetings of the ministers and their key staff, a reception was held on the evening of that day, celebrating the launch of a new book "The Restoration of Borobudur", published by the UNESCO. The symposium has produced the declaration called "Borobudur Declaration" signed by ministers of tourism of six ASEAN countries: Lay Prohas, Minister of Tourism of the Kingdom of Cambodia Jero Wacik, Minister for Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia Somphong Mongkhonvilay, the National Tourism Administration of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic Major General Soe Naing, Minister for Hotels and Tourism of the Union of Myanmar Boontham Pigulsri, Assistant Minister of Tourism and Sports of the Royal Kingdom of Thailand Dr. Pham Tu, National Administration of Tourism of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam The Mahakarya Borobudur ballet performance The main event was the spectacular "Mahakarya Borobudur" Javanese dance performance in front of Borobudur directed by PT Taman Wisata. It was performed on Akshobhya open stage in the temple yard involved more than 150 artists from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) Surakarta and local performers, choreographed to feature traditional Javanese dancing, music and costumes, and tell the history about the construction of the Borobudur. After the symposium, the Mahakarya Borobudur ballet is performed several times, especially every June during annual national Waisak commemoration at Borobudur attended by Indonesian President. However, unlike many dance performances which are held on an almost daily basis in neighbouring Yogyakarta, and Prambanan, this was neither just a display of traditional dancing nor a performance of the well-known Hindu epics, the Ramayana, or the Mahabharata. In four scenes, the history of the construction of the Borobudur Temple was shown. In a final climax, the Borobudur temple itself, situated immediately behind the ballet stage, was floodlit and became an integral part of the performance. Unlike routine Ramayana ballet performance of Prambanan temple stage, the Mahakarya