Guwahati, Feb. 27: The Assam Association of Delhi will pay tribute to Lakhminath Bezbaroa, the doyen of Assamese language and literature, by staging one of his plays in Brajabuli, a literary language developed in the 16th century.

Joymoti Kuwori, the play that captures a tumultuous period of political history of medieval Assam through the life of Ahom princess Joymoti, will be staged on Sunday evening at Sri Sathya Sai International Centre, Lodhi Road, to mark the concluding day of the year-long celebration of Bezbaroa's 150th birth anniversary.

Based on the play, Assamese cultural icon Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwala had made the first Assamese movie by the same name in 1935.

The play has been translated into Brajabuli by Xattriya dancer Bhabananda Barbayan, xatradhikar of Uttar Kamalabari Xatra, and is designed to be staged like the one-act plays written by Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Xankardeb.

The general secretary of the association, Sarat Barkakaty, told The Telegraph that they have been celebrating Bezbaroa's birth centenary with an year-long programme at the nation's capital. The celebration will conclude on Sunday.

Most actors of the play are students of a Xattriya school the association has been running for the past eight years in Delhi.

Barbayan is a regular teacher of the school where the children of Assamese people living in Delhi learn Xattriya every Saturday and Sunday.

Tomorrow, they will organise a seminar on Xahityorothi Lakshminath Bezbaroa and his Times in the Context of Language and Literature to highlight various aspects his life. It will be attended by persons like academician Ranjit Dev Goswami and former president of Asam Sahitya Sabha, Nagen Saikia.

During the yearlong celebration, the association organised various programmes, including narrating Bezbaroa's stories to children to popularise Bezbaroa and the Assamese language among the new generation.

Bezbaroa's tales have occupied a unique space in the hearts of Assamese kids.

A documentary like The Mighty Ahoms and a feature film like Srimanta Xankardeb were screened by the association at Srimanta Sankaradeva Bhawan, a cultural centre operated by them to make the new generation aware of the heritage of the state. Screening of short films Dhekithora and Silonir jiyekor xadhu based on Bezbaroa's timeless collection of folk tales, Burhi Air Xadhu, at the Bhawan were part of the celebrations.