Aitara is Värttinä's 5th album, released in 1994 in Finland.

In 1995, it was released by King Records in Japan, Music & Words in Benelux, and Xenophile Records in the United States, where it spent five weeks at #1 on the CMJ World Music charts.

Aitara was named "Best Contemporary World Music Album" by the National Association of Independent Record Distributors.

A single containing "Tumala" and "Travuska" was released by Mipu Music in Finland in 1994.

In 1995, a single containing "Mie Tahon Tanssia" and "Kannunkaataja" was released in Finland by Mipu Music.