With the objective of reviving old street Carnivals, helping to maintain tradition and counterbalancing the dominance of the Carnival balls of Recife social clubs, a group of friends, lead by businessman Enéas Freire, decided to create, in December 1977, the Clube de Máscaras O Galo da Madrugada.

Its procession is very similar to the Lenten processions of Cinzas and Fogaréus, common to Recife in the 18th century, bearing the standard (flag) typical of medieval corporations, with its members wearing silk, flannel pants and cords with the badge of the profession.