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In the two-hour, 20-minute piece, Kahlo is summoned from the afterworld in 1957 by her dying husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, who wants to see her once again on Dia de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, when souls can return to the living world for 24 hours each Nov. 1.—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022 These attitudes slowly shifted around 2000 B.C., when commoners were also granted access to the afterworld as long as their body was mummified, and their valuables were placed into the tomb.—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021 If my father's spirit wants to talk to me from the afterworld, then his spirit will have to be the one that reaches out.—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023 For example, such possessions might have been buried with an individual for use in the afterworld.—Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2020 See all Example Sentences for afterworld
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