Carpet hanger

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In Poland the outdoor railing for hanging the rug is called {{Lang|pl|trzepak}} (a noun from the word {{Lang|pl|trzepać}}, "to beat"; the beater itself is called {{Lang|pl|trzepaczka}}).

Since the 1990s, it is very rare to see anyone using a {{Lang|pl|trzepak}} for its prime function.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} In the newest housing developments, {{Lang|pl|trzepak}} are rarely installed.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}

In Romania the carpet hanger ({{Lang|ro|bara de bătut covoare}} or {{Lang|ro|bătător de covoare}}) was an important landmark in the social life of each neighbourhood during the communist and post-communist period, where it served as a meeting point for neighbours and was frequently used in children's games.{{Cite book |url=https://www.libris.ro/-ro-kit-identitate-romaneasca-in-50-de-pub978-606-722-023-0.html |title=(ro)kit - Identitate romaneasca in 50 de componente - Alexe Popescu, Doru Somesan |language=ro}} Before important holidays, queues would form around the railing, as few people owned a vacuum cleaner, and even those who did would still beat their carpets in order to 'freshen them up'.{{Cite web |title=Bara de covoare |url=https://www.vice.com/ro/article/xyzgm7/bara-de-covoare |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825124447/https://www.vice.com/ro/article/xyzgm7/bara-de-covoare |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 25, 2019 |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Vice.com |language=ro}} During the rest of the year, "it was generally used as a football goal by the boys, while it suddenly transformed girls into Nadia Comăneci."

The carpet hanger has been described as representing a sort of "Arc de Triomphe in front of the apartment block",{{Cite web |date=2017-05-21 |title=RO-KIT {{!}} Promenada Culturala |url=http://promenada-culturala.ro/en/ro-kit/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |language=en-US}} while writer Paul Gabor dubbed it "the ancestral belly of the totalitarian regime" during the communist era.{{Cite web |title=Țara mea suspendată (My Suspended Land) de Anca Mizumschi {{!}} TORO fest{{!}}Țara mea suspendată de Anca Mizumschi |url=https://torofest.ca/blog/tara-mea-suspendata-anca-mizumschi/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=torofest.ca|date=4 October 2018 }}

In recent years, the carpet railing has been a topic of debate for urban planners and local authorities, as many Romanian cities have passed (and sometimes rescinded{{Cite web |last=Live |first=Ziare |title=Batatoarele de covoare si culmile de rufe pot fi montate din nou in Pitesti. Gentea a initiat un proiect de hotarare in acest sens |url=https://www.ziarelive.ro/stiri/batatoarele-de-covoare-si-culmile-de-rufe-pot-fi-montate-din-nou-in-pitesti-gentea-a-initiat-un-proiect-de-hotarare-in-acest-sens.html |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=ZiareLive.ro |language=ro}}) laws forbidding their placement or decreeing their immediate removal, citing aesthetic or noise pollution reasons.{{Cite web |last=rootstirea |title=Război cu bătătoarele de covoare și sârmele de rufe – ȘTIRI ZILNIC |url=http://stiri-zilnic.com/2018/06/09/razboi-cu-batatoarele-de-covoare-si-sarmele-de-rufe/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2010-07-27 |title=Culmile de rufe si batatoarele de covoare de prin incintele de bloc ar putea fi interzise la Onesti |url=https://ziaruldebacau.ro/culmile-de-rufe-si-batatoarele-de-covoare-de-prin-incintele-de-bloc-ar-putea-fi-interzise-la-onesti-2/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Ziarul de Bacău |language=ro-RO}}

In Sweden the carpet hanger is called {{Lang|sv|piskställ}}, derived from {{Lang|sv|piska}} (meaning "to whip") and {{Lang|sv|ställ}} (meaning "stand").{{cn|date=January 2024}}

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