Photos: Two very strange events last week
March 23, 2014 Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 12 p.m.
Alberto Saiz/APSatirical sculptures burn during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.
Michael Patrick/APDolly Parton introduces the new FireChaser Express roller coaster to kick off the opening of Dollywood's 29th season Friday, March 21, 2014, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The $15 million FireChaser Express is a dual launch roller coaster designed to look like firefighting trains used in the Smoky Mountains in the 1940s.
Curt Habraken/APDancers perform during the "Mother Africa" show on opening day at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Friday March 21, 2014.