We just call it a dryer. I can see why you might think the weather would influence people into not having dryers here but it's all about convience. Nobody wants to wait a day for their clothes. Hell, most people i know get agitated when it takes more than an hour to dry their stuff. Besides, it's rainy season soon, and then you never know when its going to just flare up and rain like hell here(but it's usually in the afternoons).