Pageant (6)
I believe the answer is:
tattoo
'pageant' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Military pageant' mean 'tattoo' so perhaps 'pageant' could also mean 'tattoo')
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for tattoo that I've seen before include "image on one's skin" , "Indelible impression" , "piercing?" , "one has to beat" , "Needlework! - performed by soldiers!" .)